Nice

From French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for a 4th-century BC victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii, from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.

• enPR: nēs, IPA^(key): /niːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophone: niece

Nice

1. A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.
2. A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)
3. A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.

• Nice model

• Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen

From the Roman name, Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Doublet of Nicée.

• IPA^(key): /nis/

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Nice f

1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)

• Niçois, niçois

• ciné

• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ce

Learned borrowing from Latin Nice, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē). Doublet of Nike.

Nice f

1. (Greek mythology) Nike (goddess of victory)

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia). Doublet of Niceia.

Nice ?

1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)

Nice f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Cleonice