Izmir

See also: İzmir

English

Alternative forms

• İzmir (uncommon)

Etymology

From Turkish İzmir, from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر (İzmir). Doublet of Smyrna.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭzʹmîr, IPA^(key): /ˈɪzmɪə/ (or as in Turkish)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Izmir

2. A province and metropolitan municipality in western Anatolia in Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast.
4. A major port city, the capital of İzmir Province, Turkey, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna.
   • 1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title
   • 2000, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14:

     One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.

   • 2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221:

     It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.

Synonyms

• Smyrna (obsolete, prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930)

Derived terms

• Izmirian

Translations

city

• Arabic: إِزْمِير f (ʔizmīr)

  Hijazi Arabic: إزمير f (ʔizmīr)

• Armenian: Իզմիր (hy) (Izmir), Զմյուռնիա (hy) (Zmyuṙnia)
• Azerbaijani: İzmir (az)
• Belarusian: Ізмі́р m (Izmír), Ізьмі́р m (Izʹmír)
• Bulgarian: Сми́рна f (Smírna), Изми́р m (Izmír)
• Catalan: Esmirna
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊茲密爾 / 伊兹密尔 (zh) (Yīzīmì'ěr)

• Galician: Esmirna (gl)
• Georgian: იზმირი (ka) (izmiri)
• German: Izmir (de) n
• Greek: Σμύρνη (el) f (Smýrni)
• Hebrew: איזמיר f (izmir)
• Hindi: इज़मिर m (izmir)
• Hungarian: İzmir (hu)
• Italian: Smirne (it) f
• Japanese: イズミル (Izumiru)
• Korean: 이즈미르 (Ijeumireu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئیزمیر (ckb) (îzmîr)

  Northern Kurdish: Îzmîr (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Измир (ky) (İzmir)
• Ladino: Izmir, Esmirna
• Latin: Smyrna (la) f
• Macedonian: Измир m (Izmir)
• Persian:

  Dari: اِزْمِیر (izmīr)

  Iranian Persian: اِزْمیر (ezmir)

• Polish: Izmir (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esmirna
• Russian: Изми́р (ru) m (Izmír)
• Spanish: Esmirna (es)
• Tajik: Измир (Izmir)
• Turkish: İzmir (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ازمیر (İzmir)

• Ukrainian: Ізмі́р m (Izmír), Смі́рна f (Smírna)
• Urdu: اِزْمِیر m (izmīr)
• Uyghur: ئىزمىر (izmir)

Further reading

• Izmir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Izmir

Etymology

Etymology tree

Turkish İzmirbor.

Polish Izmir

Borrowed from Turkish İzmir. Doublet of Smyrna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mir/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -izmir
• Syllabification: Iz‧mir

Proper noun

Izmir m inan (related adjective izmirski)

1. Izmir (a province and metropolitan municipality in western Anatolia in Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast)
2. Izmir (a major port city, the capital of İzmir Province, Turkey, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna)

Declension

Declension of Izmir

	singular
nominative	Izmir
genitive	Izmiru
dative	Izmirowi
accusative	Izmir
instrumental	Izmirem
locative	Izmirze
vocative	Izmirze

Further reading

• “Izmir”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Izmir in PWN's encyclopedia