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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Example Sentences

This was a letter from a Patriarch of Seleucia to a Metropolitan of Elam.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

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

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia," a port at the mouth of the river Orontes, a little to the west of Antioch; "and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

In 359 a double council was held, the western bishops meeting at Ariminum, the eastern at Seleucia.

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

Synods at Seleucia and Rimini, § 50, 3. 361-363.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.