Aleppo

English

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Turkish Halep, from Arabic حلب (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?] (Halab, Halap), Hittite [script?] (Ḫalpa), Ugaritic [script?] (Ḥlb), Aramaic [script?] (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: حلب (Ḥalab)
• Armenian: Հալեպ (Halep)

  Old Armenian: Խաղաբ (Xałab)

• Avar: Хӏалаб (Ḥalab)
• Azeri: Hələb
• Bulgarian: Ха̀леб (Hàleb)
• French: Alep (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეპო (alepo)
• German: Aleppo (de)
• Greek: Χαλέπι (Chalépi)
• Hindi: हलब (Halab)
• Italian: Aleppo
• Japanese: アレッポ (Areppo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Heleb

  Sorani: حەلەب (Heleb)

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

  Gurmukhi: ਹਲਬ (Halab)

  Shahmukhi: حلب (Halab)

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

  Cyrillic: Алеп m

  Roman: Alep m

• Spanish: Alepo (es) m
• Turkish: Halep (tr)
• Urdu: حلب (Halab)
• Uzbek: Halab