اسكندریه

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔIskandariyya), from Byzantine Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -ειᾰ (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) for its founder Alexander the Great. Doublet of اسكندرون.

Proper noun[edit]

اسكندریه • (İskenderiye)

  1. Alexandria (a port city in Egypt)

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: İskenderiye

References[edit]

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İskenderiye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 381
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