Mazaca

• Caesarea Mazaca, Mazaka

Learned borrowing from Latin Māzaca, from Ancient Greek Μάζακα (Mázaka), from the name of the tribe of Mushki. Compare Old Armenian Մաժաք (Mažakʻ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæzəkə/

Mazaca

1. (historical) The ancient capital of the Kingdom of Cappadocia in Asia Minor, in modern Turkey; modern Kayseri.

   Synonyms: Eusebia, Caesarea, Kaisariyah

• Māzacum n sg

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μάζακα (Mázaka).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaːz.za.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmad̪.d̪͡z̪a.ka]

Māzaca f sg (genitive Māzacae); first declension or Māzaca n pl (genitive Māzacōrum); second declension

1. Mazaca (the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Cappadocia in Asia Minor, in modern Turkey; modern Kayseri)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

• Māzaces

• Mazaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mazaca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly