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