Nysa
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Nysa may refer to:
Greek Mythology
[edit source]- Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus
- Nysiads, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant Dionysus
Historical figures
[edit source]- Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus), daughter of Laodice IV and Antiochus, wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus
- Nysa of Cappadocia, daughter of Pharnaces I of Pontus and Nysa, wife of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia and mother Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
- Nysa, one of the daughters of Mithridates V of Pontus and Laodice VI
- Nysa, one of the daughters of Mithridates VI of Pontus from his concubine
- Nysa (wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia), daughter of Laodice of Cappadocia and Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, the first wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia
- Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia), daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa
Settlements and jurisdictions
[edit source]Turkey
[edit source]- Nysa on the Maeander, (Caria) an ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor (Anatolia), ruins in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province, restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Nysa in Asia in 1933
- Nysa (Cappadocia), an ancient city in Cappadocia
- Nisa (Lycia), an ancient city in Lycia
Greece
[edit source]- Nysa (Boeotia), a town of ancient Boeotia
- Nysa (Euboea), a town of ancient Euboea
- Nysa (Naxos), a town of ancient Naxos
- Nysa (Thrace), a town of ancient Thrace and later Macedonia
Other
[edit source]- Nysa (Alexander), a town spared by Alexander the Great during his invasion of Central Asia
- Nysa, Poland, a town in southern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river
- Nysa-Scythopolis, the Hellenistic Bet She'an in northern Israel
- Nisa, Turkmenistan
Rivers
[edit source]- Nysa Łużycka, Polish name for the Lusatian Neisse, a river in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, flowing to Oder River near the towns of Guben and Gubin
- Nysa Kłodzka, a river in Poland, named for the town of Kłodzko, in English called the Eastern Neisse; a tributary of the Oder (Odra)
- Nysa Szalona, a river in Poland, the Raging Neisse; a tributary of the Kaczawa in Poland
- Nysa Mała, a river in Poland, the Little Neisse; a tributary of the Nysa Szalona
Other uses
[edit source]- 44 Nysa, an asteroid
- NKS Nysa, a men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League
- ZSD Nysa, an Automobile produced in Nysa, Poland from the 1950s to the early 1990s
- Neisse University, a university in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany
See also
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