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What does Seleucia mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (historical) Any of several cities in the ancient Western Asia, including:
    1. Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris, the capital of the Seleucid Empire.
    2. Seleucia Pieria, the port of Antioch.
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Their winter residence is at Seleucia, on the Tigris, near Babylon.
Basil of Seleucia also knew of Apostle Andrew's missions in Thrace, Scythia and Achaea.
The dates of the founding of these two cities are unknown, but presumably Seleucus founded Seleucia after he became king, while Antioch was built after the defeat of Antigonus.
From Seleucia to Soli is a voyage in a straight line of nearly 1000 stadia.
Meanwhile the Easterns met at Seleucia near the cilician coast.
He founded a number of cities, the most important of which were Seleucia, on the Tigris, and Antioch, on the Orontes River in Syria.

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