Caesarea
pronunciation
How to pronounce Caesarea in British English: UK
How to pronounce Caesarea in American English: US
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- Noun:
- an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
Word Origin
- Caesarea
- Latin city name derived from Caesar, applied in honor of the emperors to some new and existing cities in the Roman Empire, including modern Kayseri, Turkey; Shaizar, Syria, and Cherchell, Algeria (representing a French spelling of an Arabic name based on a Berber garbling of the Latin word).