La·od·i·ce·a (l - d  -s   , l-d-) An ancient city of western Asia Minor in present-day western Turkey. Built by the Seleucids in the third century b.c., it was a prosperous Roman market town on the trade route from the East and an early center of Christianity. |
Laodicea [ˌleɪəʊdɪˈsɪə]
n
(Placename) the ancient name of several Greek cities in W Asia, notably of Latakia
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