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Nicaea or Nikaia (Greek
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Nicaea or Nikaia (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: or ) may be:

  • The ancient name of several places, including:
    • Empire of Nicaea
      Empire of Nicaea

      The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greeks states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was conquered during the Fourth Crusade....
    • Nicaea (city), capital of the Empire of Nicaea and known today as Iznik, Turkey
    • Nice
      Nice

      Nice is a city in Southern France France located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, between Marseille, France, and Genoa, Italy, with 1,197,751 inhabitants in the 2007 estimate....
      , France
    • Nicaea (Punjab)
      Nicaea (Punjab)

      Nicaea was a city in what is now the present-day Punjab , one of the cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great Macedon....
      , in the Punjab, built by Alexander the Great
    • Nicaea (Locris)
      Nicaea (Locris)

      Nicaea or Nikaia , was an ancient fortress of the Locri Epicnemidii, situated upon the sea, and close to the pass of Thermopylae. It is described by Aeschines as one of the places which commanded the pass....
      , a fortress city of the Locri Epicnemidii
  • Nikaia, Attica
    Nikaia, Attica

    Nikaia or Nikea is a suburb in the west southwestern part of Athens, Greece. The mountaintop of the southern part of Aigaleo lies to the north....
    , a suburb of Athens, Greece
  • Nikaia, Larissa
    Nikaia, Larissa

    Nikaia is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Population 6,540 ....
    , a town in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece.


Nicaea may also refer to:
  • The First Council of Nicaea
    First Council of Nicaea

    The First Council of Nicea was convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperors Constantine I in 325 CE. The Council was historically significant as the first effort to attain consensus decision-making in the church through an legislature representing all of Christendom....
     in AD 325, the first ecumenical council of bishops of the Christian Church
  • The Second Council of Nicaea
    Second Council of Nicaea

    The Second Council of Nicaea was the seventh ecumenical council of Christianity , and the last to be accepted by both Eastern and Western churches....
     in AD 787, the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian Church
  • The Council of Nicaea (painting)
    The Council of Nicaea (painting)

    The Council of Nicaea is an 18th century painting, by F. Pavlovskyi, I. Maksimovych, and A. Galik and others. It is presently hanging in the Gate Church of the Trinity in Kiev....
    , an 18th century painting of the first ecumenical council
  • The Council of Nicaea (Doctor Who audio)
    The Council of Nicaea (Doctor Who audio)

    The Council of Nicaea is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
    , a science-fiction audio drama
  • Nicaea of Macedonia
    Nicaea of Macedonia

    Nicaea , daughter of Antipater, was sent by her father to Asia to be married to Perdiccas, 323 BC, at a time when the former still hoped to maintain friendly relations with the regent....
    , daughter of Antipater