Iznik
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English
Alternative forms
- İznik (uncommon)
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ازنیق (İznik) and Turkish İznik, from Byzantine Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Nice and Nicaea.
Proper noun
Iznik
- A town in Turkey.
Synonyms
- See Nicaea for historical names