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.It was situated between Portus Magnus and Arsenaria, at the distance of 40 stadia from either. It is the modern Gizanear 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).