Aleppo

English

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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 ‎(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) ‎(Mǎdélǐ)

• French: Alep (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეპო ‎(aleṗo)
• German: Aleppo (de)
• Greek: Χαλέπι ‎(Chalépi)
• Hindi: हलब (hi) ‎(Halab)
• Italian: Aleppo (it)
• Japanese: アレッポ ‎(Areppo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Heleb (ku)

  Sorani: حەلەب ‎(Heleb)

• Marathi: अलेप्पो n ‎(Aleppo)
• Persian: حلب (fa) ‎(Halab)
• Portuguese: Alepo f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਹਲਬ ‎(Halab)

  Shahmukhi: حلب ‎(Halab)

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

  Cyrillic: Алеп m

  Roman: Alep m

• Spanish: Alepo (es) m
• Turkish: Halep (tr)
• 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