Nysa may refer to:

Greek Mythology

Nysa (mythology) In Greek mythology, the mountainous district of Nysa ( el, Νῦσα), variously associated with Ethiopia, Libya, Boeotia, Thrace, India or Arabia by Greece, Greek Mythography, mythographers, was the traditional place where the rain nymphs, the H ...

or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus *

Nysiads In Greek mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades (Ancient Greek: Νυσιάδες) were Okeanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god Dionysus to their care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god ...

, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant Dionysus

Historical figures

Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus) Nysa or Nyssa ( el, Νύσ(σ)α, flourished early 2nd century BC) was a Greek Seleucid princess and a queen of the Kingdom of Pontus. Biography Nysa was of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent. She was a daughter the Seleucid Prince Antiochus ...

, daughter of Laodice IV and Antiochus, wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus *

Nysa of Cappadocia Nysa or Nyssa ( el, Νύσ(σ)α, flourished 150s BC-126 BC) was a princess from the Kingdom of Pontus and was a Queen of Cappadocia. She was the ruler of Cappadocia on behalf of her minor son in 130-126 BC. Biography Nysa was of Greek Macedonia ...

, 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 Mithridates or Mithradates V Euergetes ( grc-gre, Μιθριδάτης ὁ εὐεργέτης, which means "Mithridates the benefactor"; fl. 2nd century BC, r. 150–120 BC) was a prince and the seventh king of the wealthy Kingdom of Pontus. Mi ...

and Laodice VI * Nysa, one of the daughters of

Mithridates VI of Pontus Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator ( grc-gre, Μιθραδάτης; 135–63 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an e ...

from his concubine *

Nysa (wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia) Nysa or Nyssa ( el, Νύσ(σ)α, flourished second half of 2nd century BC) was a Princess from the Kingdom of Cappadocia in Anatolia. Nysa was a royal of Greek Macedonian and Persian ancestry. She was the daughter and first-born child of the mon ...

, 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) Nysa or Nyssa ( el, Νύσ(σ)α, flourished second half of 2nd century BC and first half of 1st century BC) was a Greek Princess from the Kingdom of Bithynia. Biography Nysa was the daughter of the Monarchs Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa, a ...

, daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa

Settlements and jurisdictions

Turkey

Nysa on the Maeander Nysa on the Maeander ( el, Νύσα or Νύσσα) was an ancient city and bishopric of Asia Minor, whose remains are in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province of Turkey, east of the Ionian city of Ephesus, and which remains a Latin Catho ...

, (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) Nisa ( grc, Νίσα or Νίσσα), also Nyssa (Νύσσα) or Nysa (Νύσα) or Neisa (Νείσα), was a town in ancient Lycia near the source of the River Xanthus. Location Its site is identified in the ''Digital Atlas of the Roman Em ...

, an ancient city in Lycia

Greece

Nysa (Boeotia) Nysa ( grc, Νῦσα), or Nysae or Nysai (Νῦσαι), was a village in ancient Boeotia on Mount Helicon. References

Populated places in ancient Boeotia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{ancientBoeotia-ge ...

, a town of ancient Boeotia * Nysa (Euboea), a town of ancient Euboea *

Nysa (Naxos) Nysa ( grc, Νῦσα) was a town in ancient Naxos whose location was not otherwise known precisely. References

Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns Ancient Naxos { ...

, a town of ancient Naxos * Nysa (Thrace), a town of ancient Thrace and later Macedonia

Other

Nysa (Alexander) Nagara ( grc, Νάγαρα), also known as Dionysopolis (Διονυσόπολις), was an ancient city in the northwest part of India intra Gangem (India within the Ganges), distinguished in Ptolemy by the title ἡ καὶ Διονυσόπολι� ...

, a town spared by Alexander the Great during his invasion of Central Asia *

Nysa, Poland Nysa (german: Neisse or ''Neiße'', szl, Nysa) is a town in southwestern Poland on the Eastern Neisse (Polish language, Polish: ''Nysa Kłodzka'') river, situated in the Opole Voivodeship. With 43,849 inhabitants (2019), it is the capital of Ny ...

, a town in southern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river * Nysa-Scythopolis, the Hellenistic Bet She'an in northern Israel *

Nisa, Turkmenistan Nisa ( grc, Νῖσος and Νίσα and Νίσαιον; also Parthaunisa, tk, Nusaý) was an ancient settlement of the Parthians, located near thBagyr neighborhoodof Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 18 km west of the city center. Nisa is describe ...

Rivers

Nysa Łużycka The Lusatian Neisse (german: Lausitzer Neiße; pl, Nysa Łużycka; cs, Lužická Nisa; Upper Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.Nysa Kłodzka The Eastern Neisse, also known by its Polish name of Nysa Kłodzka (german: Glatzer Neiße, cs, Kladská Nisa), is a river in southwestern Poland, a left tributary of the Oder, with a length of 188 km (21st longest) and a basin area of 4,570& ...

, a river in Poland, named for the town of Kłodzka, in English called the Eastern Neisse; a tributary of the Oder (Odra) *

Nysa Szalona The Raging NeisseDodge, Lt Col Theodore Ayrault. ''Napoleon: A History of the Art of War. Vol. IV'', 2014 ( pl, Nysa Szalona, or ''Jauersche Neiße'') is a river in Poland. It has a length of about and flows into the Kaczawa (Katzbach), which in ...

, a river in Poland, the Raging Neisse; a tributary of the Kaczawa in Poland *

Nysa Mała The Nysa Mała ("Little Neisse") is a river in Poland that is about 19 kilometres long, and is a left tributary of the Raging Neisse. In the area of the foothills of the Sudetes it flows through the Chełmy Landscape Park. The Little Neisse flo ...

, a river in Poland, the Little Neisse; a tributary of the Nysa Szalona

Other uses

44 Nysa Nysa ( minor planet designation: 44 Nysa) is a large and very bright main-belt asteroid, and the brightest member of the Nysian asteroid family. It is classified as a rare class E asteroid and is probably the largest of this type (though 55 P ...

, an asteroid *

NKS Nysa Stal Nysa SA is a Polish professional men's volleyball team based in Nysa, founded in 1948. One time Polish Cup winner. The club currently plays in the top level Polish Volleyball League – PlusLiga. Honours * Polish Cup The Polish Cup in ...

, a men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League *

ZSD Nysa The Nysa van was produced in the town of Nysa, Poland, from 1958 until 1994. The Nysa was based on the same chassis as the angular shaped Żuk van, but had rounded body lines, especially the two-part rounded windshield, and was considered more ...

, an Automobile produced in Nysa, Poland from the 1950s to the early 1990s *

Neisse University The Neisse University is a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Technical University of Liberec and Wroclaw University of Technology. The places of study are located in th ...

, a university in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany