Nikaia
Nikaia (Greek Νίκαια , modern Greek pronunciation Nikea ) is:
Name of a person :
- Nikaia (mythology) , a daughter of the Phrygian river god Sangarios and the Cybele
- Nicaia (daughter of Antipater) , wife of the Macedonian kings Perdiccas and Lysimachus
- Nikaia, wife of the Crater of Corinth
- Nicaia of Corinth , wife of Alexandros of Corinth and Demetrios II.
Name of a place :
- a city and municipality in the prefecture of Attica, today Nikea (Attica)
- a town and municipality in the prefecture of Larissa, Nikea (Thessaly)
in ancient geography :
- City in Bithynia, today İznik , best known for the 1st Council of Nikaia , today's İznik, in medieval Byzantium seat of the Nikaia Empire
- a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church that goes back to this city, see titular archbishopric Nicaea
- City in Liguria, now Nice in France
- Nikaia (Phthiotis) , a city in the Phthiotis
- Nikaia (Lokris) , fortress on the coast in eastern Lokris, at today's Agia Triada west of Molos on the Gulf of Malia in Greece
- Nikaia (Illyria) , an Illyrian city, near Klos in the municipality of Mallakastra in today's Albania
- City in Thrace, in today's Havsa district in Turkey, see Nike (Thrace)
- Nikaia (Lydia) , city in Lydia, about 5 km southeast of today's Türkönü in Turkey
- Nikaia (Bactria) , city in Paropamisadai, in the Kabul valley in today's Pakistan
- Nikaia am Hydaspes , city on the left bank of the Hydaspes, today's Jhelum in the Punjab in Pakistan
Place of two ecumenical councils:
See also:
