قيساريه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَيْسارِيّة (qaysāriyya) and Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ēa (“-ia: forming place names”) on the pattern of Alexandrea etc. and in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus. Doublet of قیصری.

Proper noun

قيساريه • (Kaysâriye)

1. Caesarea (a city in Israel)

Descendants

• Turkish: Kayserya

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kaysâriyye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 442