Nicaea (disambiguation)
Nicaea (pronounced Ni·cae·a) or Nikaia (Greek: Νίκαια) may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
- Ancient name of several places, including
- İznik, Turkey (formerly Nicaea, capital of the Empire of Nicaea)
- Empire of Nicaea (Byzantine)
- See of Nicaea (Orthodox and Catholic successions; cfr; below)
- Duke of Nicaea
- Nice, France
- Nicaea, Locris, a fortress city of the Locri Epicnemidii, Greece
- Nicaea, Punjab, city in the Punjab, built by Alexander the Great
- Nikaia, Illyria, an ancient Greek colony in Illyria
- Modern places
- Nikaia, Attica, a suburb of Athens, Greece
- Nikaia, Larissa, a town in the Larissa regional unit, Greece
Persons
- Women in antiquity
- Nicaea (mythology) a nymph
- Nicaea of Macedon, daughter of Antipater
- Nicaea of Corinth wife of Alexander of Corinth
Other
- Nisaea (genus), a bacterial species named after the nymph Nicaea
- Related to the above see (present Iznik)
- The First Council of Nicaea in AD 325, the first ecumenical council of bishops of the Christian Church
- The Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787, the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian Church
- The Council of Nicaea (painting), an 18th-century painting of the first ecumenical council
- The Council of Nicaea (Doctor Who audio), a science-fiction audio drama
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