Antiochia

English

Alternative forms

  • Antiocheia
  • Antiochea
  • Antiokheia

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Antiochia, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia).

Proper noun

Antiochia (uncountable)

  1. (historical) the name of numerous Hellenistic cities, generally named after one of several Selecid rulers named Antiochus
    1. Antioch, a Greco-Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes river
    2. Nisibis, ancient Mesopotamia; Antiochia Mygdonia; modern Nusaybin
    3. Edessa, Mesopotamia; Antiochia on the Callirhoe
    4. a city of ancient Media, corresponding to Nahavand; Antiochia in Persis; Antiochia in Media; Antiochia of Chosroes
    5. Hippos; Antiochia Hippos
    6. Acre; Antiochia Ptolemais
    7. Charax; Antiochia in Susiana
    8. Antiochia in Mesopotamia; Antiochia in Arabia
    9. Antiochia Paraliou, an ancient city of unknown location
    10. Antiochia ad Taurum
    11. Adana
    12. Antiochia ad Pyramum
    13. Antiochia in Sittacene
    14. Antiochia Semiramis; Umm Qais
    15. Antiochia in Scythia, a city on the Jaxartes river
    16. Antiochia in Margiana; modern Merv, Turkmenistan
    17. Antiochia ad Cragum; Antiochetta
    18. Antiochia Lamotis; Antiochia in Isauria
    19. Tarsus, Antiochia on the Cydnus
    20. Cebrene; Antiochia in Troad
    21. Samosata; Antiochia in Commagene; modern Samsat, Turkey
    22. a city in Lydia with unknown location
    23. Antioch on the Maeander in ancient Caria
    24. Alabanda; Antiochia of the Chrysaorians; city in ancient Caria
    25. modern Aydın, Turkey
    26. Antioch in Pisidia; Antiochia in Pisidia; Pisidian Antioch; Antiochia in Phrygia
  2. Principality of Antioch; a crusader states created during the First Crusade which included parts of modern Turkey and Syria, named after its capital city Antioch

Translations


Italian

Proper noun

Antiochia ? f

  1. Antioch

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia).

Proper noun

Antiochia f (genitive Antiochia); first declension

  1. Antioch

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Antiochia
Genitive Antiochiae
Dative Antiochiae
Accusative Antiochiam
Ablative Antiochiā
Vocative Antiochia
Locative Antiochiae

Descendants

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