Caesarea

Cae·sa·rea

geographical name \ˌsē-zə-ˈrē-ə; ˌse-sə-, ˌse-zə-\

Definition of CAESAREA

1

seaport of ancient Palestine; site S of modern Haifa, Israel

2

or Caesarea Mazaca — see kayseri

Rhymes with CAESAREA

barathea, bougainvillea, camarilla, cascarilla, Cytherea, diarrhea, dulcinea, Eritrea, fantasia, Galatea, gonorrhea, hamartia, Hialeah, Idumaea, Ituraea, Kampuchea, latakia, Latakia, logorrhea, mythopoeia, Nicosia, panacea, Parousia, pizzeria, pyorrhea, ratafia, Santeria, seborrhea, sinfonia, Tanzania, trattoria

Caesarea

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Ancient seaport, Palestine. Located on the coast of present-day Israel south of the city of Haifa, it was originally a Phoenician settlement. Taken by the Romans and rebuilt in the 1st century BC by Herod the Great, it was renamed for his patron Augustus. The capital of the Roman province of Judaea in AD 6, it was the site of an early Christian church and was often visited by St. Paul. It later declined under Byzantine and Arab rule and was destroyed by the Mamluk sultan Baybars I in the 13th century.

Variants of CAESAREA

Caesarea modern Horbat Qesari