Ancient Edessa is the predecessor of modern Urfa (; ; ; ), in the Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Modern names of the city are likely derived from Urhay or Orhay (), the site's Aramaic name before the re-foundation of the settlement by Seleucus I Nicator. After the defeat of the Seleucids in the Seleucid–Parthian Wars, Edessa became capital of the Kingdom of Osroene, with a mixed Hellenistic and Semitic civilization. The origin of the name of Osroene itself is probably related to Orhay.