آقحصار
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Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of آق (ak, “white”) + حصار (hisar, “fortress”). This place is the site of the ancient city of Thyatira, one of the Seven churches of Asia mentioned in the biblical book of Revelation.
Proper noun
[edit]آقحصار • (akhisar)
- Akhisar (a town and district in Manisa province, Turkey)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: Akhisar
Further reading
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Akhisar”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Akhisar”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 19