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 [script needed] (Halab, Halap), Hittite [script needed] (Ḫalpa), Ugaritic [script needed] (Ḥlb), Aramaic [script needed] (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab).

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)
• 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