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