Aleppo

English

Alternative forms

• Haleb, Halab (from Arabic)
• Alep (from French)

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب‏ (halep), from Arabic حَلَب‏ (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Folk-etymologically explained as 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 𒄩𒆷𒁍 (Ḥalab, Ḥalap), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (Ḥlb), Aramaic חלב‏ (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Ḥaghab), Greek Χαλιβών (Ḥalivón), and Syriac Aramaic ܚܰܠܰܒ‏ (Ḥalpa).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Aleppo

1. A city now in northern Syria, formerly an important city in the ancient world (Beroea of Seleucid empire).

Translations

Syrian city

• Arabic: حَلَب‏‎ f (ḥalab)
• Armenian: Հալեպ (Halep)

  Old Armenian: Խաղաբ (Xałab)

• Avar: Хӏалаб (Ḥalab)
• Azeri: Hələb (az)
• Bulgarian: Ха̀леб (Hàleb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿勒頗 (zh), 阿勒颇 (zh) (Ālèpō)

• Finnish: Aleppo (fi)
• French: Alep (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეპო (aleṗo)
• German: Aleppo (de)
• Greek: Χαλέπι (Chalépi)
• Hebrew: חלב‏‎ (he)
• Hindi: हलब (hi) (halab)
• Italian: Aleppo (it)
• Japanese: アレッポ (Areppo)
• Korean: 알레포 (Allepo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Heleb (ku)

  Sorani: حەلەب‏‎ (heleb)

• Latin: Halapia f, Beroea f
• Marathi: अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Persian: حلب‏‎ (fa) (halab)
• Portuguese: Alepo f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਹਲਬ (halab)

  Shahmukhi: حلب‏‎ (halab)

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

  Cyrillic: Алеп m

  Roman: Alep m

• Spanish: Alepo (es) m
• Turkish: Halep (tr)
• Ukrainian: Але́ппо m (Aléppo)
• Urdu: حلب‏‎ (halab)
• Uyghur: ھەلەپ‏‎ (helep)
• Uzbek: Halab

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Italian

Etymology

From Turkish Halep, from Arabic حَلَب‏ (ḥalab).

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Aleppo, in Syria

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Alternative spelling of Alepo