İzmir

English

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İzmir

Wikipedia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish İzmir, q.v.

Proper noun

İzmir

1. Alternative spelling of Izmir.
   • 1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji and Margaret W. Meyer , İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title
   • 2000, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14:

     One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.

   • 2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221:

     It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.

Azerbaijani

 İzmir on Azerbaijani Wikipedia

Proper noun

İzmir

1. İzmir (a city and province of Turkey)

Declension

Turkish

 İzmir on Turkish Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ازمیر (İzmir), from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη (Smúrnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiz.miɾ/

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Proper noun

İzmir

1. Izmir (a city in İzmir, Turkey)
2. Izmir (a province of Turkey)

Declension

Derived terms

• İzmirli

See also

• (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak ^{(Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)}