title: Laodicea
text: # 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
  