Caesarea
/ˌsiːzəˈɹiːə/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A port city in Israel.
- 2 Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including; Former name of Kayseri: a city in central Turkey. historical
- 3 Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including; Former name of Cherchell: a city in northern Algeria; the former capital of Mauretania and Numidia in the Roman Empire. historical
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa, from Caesar + -ea. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.