English

Alternative forms

• Cæsarea

Proper noun

Caesarea

1. (historical) Name of numerous cities and locations in the Roman Empire, among them Caesarea Mazaca, capital of Cappadocia (modern Kayseri) and Caesarea Maritima, capital of province Palestine.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Caesar, on the pattern of Alexandrēa and similar.

Proper noun

Caesarēa f ‎(genitive Caesarēae); first declension

1. Many different cities in the Roman world known as Caesarea, including:
   1. Caesarea Maritima (city in modern Israel)
   2. Kayseri (city in Cappadocia, modern Turkey)
   3. Cherchell (city in Roman Mauritania, modern Algeria)

1. The Island of Jersey

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Descendants

• English: Caesarea
• Italian: Cesarea
• Old Portuguese: Cesaira
• Portuguese: Cesareia (borrowed)
• Spanish: Cesarea

References

• Caesarea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Caesarea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.