Aleppo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (haleb), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (^URUḫa-la-ab^KI, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛpəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛpoʊ/

Proper noun

Aleppo

2. The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

   Synonyms: Alep, Halab

   • 2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour‎^[1], Associated Press, archived from the original on 8 March 2018:

     “I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment,” Johnson said, trying to turn the moment into a bit of self-deprecating humor. Earlier this month, Johnson was ridiculed after being quizzed about the besieged city that has become a focal point of Syria’s civil war and coming up blank.

4. A governorate of Syria.

Derived terms

• Aleppan
• Aleppine
• Aleppoan
• Aleppo Gambit
• Aleppo pine
• Aleppo soap

Related terms

• Beroea

Translations

city in Syria

• Albanian: Halepi, Alepo
• Arabic: حَلَب f (ḥalab)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܚܠܒ

• Armenian: Հալեպ (Halep)

  Old Armenian: Խաղաբ (Xałab)

• Avar: Хӏалаб (Ḥʳalab)
• Azerbaijani: Hələb (az)
• Basque: Alepo
• Bengali: হলব (bn) (holob)
• Bulgarian: Ха́леб m (Háleb)
• Catalan: Alep
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿勒頗 / 阿勒颇 (zh) (Ālèpō)

• Esperanto: Halepo, Alepo
• Finnish: Aleppo (fi)
• French: Alep (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეპო (aleṗo)
• German: Aleppo (de) n
• Greek: Χαλέπι (el) (Chalépi)
• Hebrew: חַלַבּ (he) f (khálab), חַאלַבּ f (khálab)
• Hindi: हलब (hi) m (halab), अलेप्पो m (aleppo)
• Hungarian: Aleppó (hu)
• Italian: Aleppo (it)
• Japanese: アレッポ (Areppo)
• Kazakh: Алеппо (Aleppo)
• Korean: 알레포 (Allepo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: حەلەب (ḧeleb)

  Northern Kurdish: Heleb (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Халеб (Haleb)
• Latin: Halapia f, Beroea f
• Marathi: अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Алеппо (Aleppo)

• Ottoman Turkish: حلب (haleb)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: حَلَب (halab)

• Polish: Aleppo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Alepo
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਹਲਬ m (halab)

  Shahmukhi: حَلَب m (ḥalab)

• Romanian: Alep
• Russian: Але́ппо (ru) m (Aléppo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алеп m

  Roman: Alep m

• Spanish: Alepo (es) m
• Tajik: Ҳалаб (Halab)
• Thai: อะเลปโป (à-lêep-bpoo)
• Turkish: Halep (tr)
• Turkmen: Halap
• Ukrainian: Але́ппо n (Aléppo)
• Urdu: حَلَب m (halab)
• Uyghur: ھەلەپ (helep)
• Uzbek: Halab

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (haleb), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɛpo/
• Hyphenation: Alep‧po

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Aleppo n (proper noun, genitive Aleppos or (optionally with an article) Aleppo)

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)
2. Aleppo (a governorate of Syria)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (haleb), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlep.po/
• Rhymes: -eppo
• Hyphenation: A‧lép‧po

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)
2. Aleppo (a governorate of Syria)

Derived terms

• aleppino

Descendants

• → Danish: Aleppo
• → Dutch: Aleppo
• → English: Aleppo
• → Finnish: Aleppo
• → German: Aleppo
• → Norwegian: Aleppo
• → Polish: Aleppo
• → Portuguese: Alepo
• → Russian: Алеппо (Aleppo)
  • → Kazakh: Алеппо (Aleppo)
• → Spanish: Alepo
• → Swedish: Aleppo
• → Ukrainian: Алеппо (Aleppo)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (haleb), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.pu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.pu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.po/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɛ.pu/

Proper noun

Aleppo ?

1. alternative spelling of Alepo