Definitions for Seleucia

Seleucia Se·leu·cia

Spelling: [si-loo-shuh]
IPA: /sɪˈlu ʃə/

Seleucia is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in Seleucia (aceeilsu).

Definitions for Seleucia

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.

Examples for Seleucia

Its permanent decay was accelerated still more by the founding, in its neighborhood, of Seleucia in 300 b.c.

It was time to resume the interrupted work of the council of Seleucia.

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

The prophetic voice of Seleucia spoke the truth; yea, verily, it spoke the truth.

Seleucia, on the Tigris, had a population of four hundred thousand.

It has since served as a quarry for the neighboring cities Seleucia and Ctesiphon, and has been demolished to the lowest terrace.

From Seleucia to Soli is a voyage in a straight line of nearly 1000 stadia.

Julian had now reached the western suburb of Ctesiphon, which had lost its old name of Seleucia and was known as Coche.

Meanwhile the Easterns met at Seleucia near the Cilician coast.

Their winter residence is at Seleucia, on the Tigris, near Babylon.

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