Nicomedia

American  

[nik-uh-mee-dee-uh] / ˌnɪk əˈmi di ə /

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, in present-day Turkey: modern Izmit is on its site.

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Example Sentences

There were several martyred Gorgoniuses in the Catholic lists; the likeliest candidate for ours is St. Gorgonius of Nicomedia.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

Abbe noted that a set of Roman historical friezes recently found in Nicomedia, Turkey, are “awash in purple.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2018

Now the imperial headquarters would be at Milan in north Italy, now in what is now Serbia at Sirmium or Nish, now in Nicomedia in Asia Minor.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The most important cities were Nicomedia and Nicaea, which disputed with one another the rank of capital.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Churches were pulled down, beginning with the great church of Nicomedia, which was built on a height, and overlooked the emperor's palace.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie