Nice

From French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for a 4th-century BC victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii, from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.

• enPR: nēs, IPA^(key): /niːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophone: niece

Nice

1. A coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.
2. A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)
3. A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.

• Nice model

• Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen

From the Roman name, Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

• IPA^(key): /nis/

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Nice f

1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)

• Niçois, niçois

• ciné

• Rhymes: -isi
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ce

Learned borrowing from Latin Nice, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).

Nice f

1. (Greek mythology) Nike (goddess of victory)

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia). Doublet of Niceia.

Nice

1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)

Nice f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Cleonice