Laodicea

Laodicea (/ˌleɪ.ədɪˈsiːə/) may refer to:

Places

Turkey

• Laodicea on the Lycus, in Phrygia
• Laodicea Pontica, in the Pontus
• Laodicea Combusta, in Pisidia

Syria

• Laodicea ad Libanum, near Homs
• Laodicea ad Mare, the present city of Latakia

Other countries

• Laodicea (Arcadia), in Greece
• Laodicea (Mesopotamia), in Iraq
• Laodicea in Media, former name of Nahavand, Iran
• Laodicea in Phoenicia, former name of Beirut, Lebanon

Biology

• Laodicea (cnidarian), a genus of hydrozoans in the suborder Conica

See also

• Laodicean Church, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus
• Epistle to the Laodiceans, an apocryphal epistle attributed to Paul the Apostle
• Council of Laodicea, a synod held about 363–364 CE
• A Laodicean, an 1881 novel by Thomas Hardy
• Laodice (disambiguation)
• Ladoceia, a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece