Izmir
See also: İzmir
English
Alternative forms
- İzmir (uncommon)
Etymology
From Turkish İzmir, from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر (İzmir).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Izmir
- A major Turkish port city situated midway along the western Anatolian seaboard, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna.
- 1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title
- 2000, Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14
- One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.
- 2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221
- It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.
Synonyms
- Smyrna (obsolete, prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930)
Derived terms
Translations
city
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