Trabzon

English

Etymology

From Turkish Trabzon, ultimately from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).

Proper noun

Trabzon

1. A port city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey.

Synonyms

• (historical names) Trebizond, Tribisonde, Trapezund, Trapezus

Related terms

• Trapezuntine

Translations

port city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey

• Arabic: طَرَابِزُون‎ f (ṭarābizūn)
• Armenian: Տրապիզոն (Trapizon)
• Czech: Trabzon m, Trapezunt m
• French: Trébizonde (fr)
• Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (ṭraṗizoni)
• German: Trapezunt
• Greek: Τραπεζούντα (el) f (Trapezoúnta)

  Ancient: Τραπεζοῦς f (Trapezoûs)

• Italian: Trebisonda (it)
• Latin: Trapēzūs f
• Laz: ტამტრა (ṭamṭra)

• Mingrelian: ტრაპიზონი (ṭraṗizoni)
• Ottoman Turkish: طربزون‎ (tırabızon)
• Persian: ترابزون‎
• Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta)
• Portuguese: Trebizonda f, Trabzon f
• Russian: Трабзо́н (ru) (Trabzón), Трапезу́нд (ru) (Trapezúnd) (historical)
• Spanish: Trebisonda (es)
• Turkish: Trabzon (tr)
• Uyghur: ترابزون‎ (trabzon)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrabzon]

Proper noun

Trabzon m

1. Trabzon (a city in Turkey)

Synonyms

• Trapezunt

Further reading

• Trabzon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Trabzon.

Proper noun

Trabzon f

1. Trabzon (a city in Turkey)

   Synonym: (historical) Trebizonda

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طربزون‎ (tırabızon), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦντα (Trapezoûnta), accusative of Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).

Proper noun

Trabzon

1. Trabzon (a city in Turkey)

Descendants

• → English: Trabzon
• → Russian: Трабзо́н (Trabzón)