Aleppo

English

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب‎ (halep), 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

1. A city in Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate.

   Synonyms: Alep, Halab

Derived terms

• Aleppine

Related terms

• Beroea

Translations

city in Syria

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

  Old Armenian: Խաղաբ (Xałab)

• Avar: Хӏалаб (Ḥalab)
• Azerbaijani: Hələb (az)
• Bengali: হলব (hôlôb)
• Bulgarian: Ха́леб (Háleb)
• Catalan: Alep
• Chinese:

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

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

  Central Kurdish: حەلەب‎ (ḧeleb)

  Northern Kurdish: Heleb (ku)

• Latin: Halapia f, Beroea f
• Marathi: अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Persian: حلب‎ (fa) (halab)
• Polish: Aleppo (pl) n
• 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 m (halab)
• Uyghur: ھەلەپ‎ (helep)
• Uzbek: Halab

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

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

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)

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Italian

Etymology

From French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب‎ (halep), 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)

Derived terms

• aleppino

Descendants

• → English: Aleppo
• → German: Aleppo

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Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛpu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɛpu/

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Alternative spelling of Alepo