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Nicomedia

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[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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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

She was a woman of humble origin, born probably at Drepanum, a town on the Gulf of Nicomedia, which Constantine named Helenopolis in her honour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

He died in 1705 at Nicomedia in Bithynia.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

Both of them now sleep far away from their native land in the valley of Nicomedia.

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r