اسكندرون
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔIskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of اسكندریه.
Proper noun[edit]
اسكندرون • (İskenderun)
- Iskenderun (a city in Turkey)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: İskenderun
- English: Iskenderun