Nicomedia

From Latin Nīcomēdīa, from Ancient Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia), from Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-iă, “ia: forming place names”).

Nicomedia

1. (historical) Former name of Izmit: a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of Bithynia.

• meconidia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκομήδειᾰ (Nīkomḗdeiă).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [niː.kɔ.meːˈdiː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ni.ko.meˈd̪iː.a]

Nīcomēdīa f sg (genitive Nīcomēdīae); first declension

1. Nicomedia (capital city of Bithynia)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Nīcomēdēnsēs m pl

• English: Nicomedia

• “Nīcŏmēdīa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nīcŏmēdīa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,028/3.

• IPA^(key): /nikoˈmedja/ [ni.koˈme.ð̞ja]
• Rhymes: -edja
• Syllabification: Ni‧co‧me‧dia

Nicomedia f

1. Nicomedia