نيكبولى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis, “Nicopolis”), from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”) named for the Battle of Actium nearby.

Proper noun

نيكبولى • (Niğbolu)

1. (historical) Former name of پره‌وزه, Preveza (a city in Greece)

Descendants

• Turkish: Niğbolu

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Niğbolu”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 579