اسكندرون

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔiskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, Alexandria), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, Alexander) + -εια (-eia, -ia: forming place names) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of اسكندریه.

Proper noun

اسكندرون (İskenderun)

  1. Iskenderun (a city in Turkey)

Descendants

  • Turkish: İskenderun

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İskenderun”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 381