ماغوسه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Variant of earlier فاماغوسته (Famagosta), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμμόχωστος (Ammókhōstos).

Proper noun

ماغوسه • (Mağusa)

1. Famagusta (a city in Cyprus).

Descendants

• Turkish: Mağusa, Gazimağusa
• → Armenian: Մաղուսա (Maġusa)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماغوسه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1660
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Magosa”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 522