یڭی شهر

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From یڭی (yeni, new) + شهر (şehir, town). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, New City).

Proper noun[edit]

یڭی شهر (Yeni Şehir)

  1. Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)
  2. Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)
  3. Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
  4. (historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
  5. (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: Yenişehir

References[edit]

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yenişehir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, pages 815–816