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Nov 28, 2009
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Se•leu•cia



Pronunciation: (si-lOO'shu), [key]
n.
1. an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
2. an ancient city in Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Orontes River: the port of Antioch.

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