Nice

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for a 4th-century-BCE victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii, from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea. === Pronunciation === enPR: nēs, IPA(key): /niːs/ Rhymes: -iːs Homophone: niece === Proper noun === Nice A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France. A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/) A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== Nice model ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Nice is the 9090th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3595 individuals. Nice is most common among White (93.63%) individuals. === Anagrams === Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen == French == === Etymology === From the Roman name, Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Doublet of Nicée. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nis/ === Proper noun === Nice f Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France) ==== Derived terms ==== Niçois, niçois === Anagrams === ciné == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -isi Hyphenation: Ni‧ce === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin Nice, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē). Doublet of Nike. ==== Proper noun ==== Nice f (Greek mythology) Nike (goddess of victory) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia). Doublet of Niceia. ==== Proper noun ==== Nice ? Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France) === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== Nice f a diminutive of the female given name Cleonice