Caesarea
/ˌsiː.zəˈɹiː.ə/ · name
Meaning
- Former name of Kayseri: a city in central Turkey.
- A port city in Israel.
- 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.
Etymology / origin
Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.
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