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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From یڭی (yeñi, “new”) + شهر (şehr, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”).
Proper noun
یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)
- Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)
- Synonym: یڭی شهر بروسه (yeñi şehr-i bursa)
- Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)
- Synonym: یڭی شهر فنار (yeñi şehr-i fener)
- Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
- (historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
- (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)
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References
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yenişehir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, pages 815–816