Seleucia

American  

[si-loo-shuh] / sɪˈlu ʃə /

noun

1. an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.

2. an ancient city in Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Orontes River: the port of Antioch.

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Seleucia British  

/ sɪˈluːʃɪə /

noun

1. an ancient city in Mesopotamia, on the River Tigris: founded by Seleucus Nicator in 312 _bc ; became the chief city of the Seleucid empire; sacked by the Romans around 162 _ad

2. Official name: Seleucia Tracheotis.   Seleucia Trachea.  an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)

3. Official name: Seleucia Pieria.  an ancient port in Syria, on the River Orontes: the port of Antioch, of military importance during the wars between the Ptolemies and Seleucids; largely destroyed by earthquake in 526; site of present-day Samanda? (Turkey)

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Seleucia

Most Rev. Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 58, titular archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had slept face to face with the severed head that spoke to him, he had listened to the enigmatical words of the dzhin of Seleucia, and he called them to mind again now.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór

On his first journey Paul went by sea from Seleucia, the port of Antioch, to the Island of Cyprus.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

The dzhin of Seleucia had prophesied this termination to his career.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór

Accordingly, in 116 A. D., he overran Assyria and made it a province, and then pressed on to the Persian gulf, capturing Seleucia, Babylon and the Parthian capital Ctesiphon on his way.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly