See also: nice, NICE, -nice, and niče

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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.

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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.

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

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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)

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  • Rhymes: -isi
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ce

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

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Nice f

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

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

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Nice

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

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Nice f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Cleonice