Quiza
Quiza, ae, f.,
- a town or fortress of Mauritania, near the present Giza, in Oran, Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 19; Mel. 1, 6.
Quīza, ae, f., fester Platz in Mauretanien, in der Nähe des h. Dorfes Giza bei Oran, Plin. 5, 19.
QUIZA
QUIZA (Κούϊζα,also Βούϊζα, Ptol. 4.2.3), a place on the coast of Mauretania Caesariensis, called by Ptolemy a colonia, and in the Antonine Itinerary a municipium, but in Pliny designated as Quiza Xenitana preregrinorum oppidum.I t was situated between Portus Magnus and Arsenaria, at the distance of 40 stadia from either. It is the modern Giza near Oran. (Ptol. l. c.; It. Ant. p. 13; Plin 5.2; Mela, 1.6.)
Quiza
(Κούϊζα). Now Giza, near Oran; a municipium on the coast of Mauretania Caesariensis in the northern part of Africa (Pliny , Pliny H. N. v. 19).