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Some well-known place names in modern Turkey are derived from the Greek or Latin languages.
In Turkey
Modern | Ancient | ||
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Written form | Etymology | Well-known | Others |
Ankara | Greek: Ἄγκυρα | Greek: Ἄγκυρα | Latin: Ancyra |
Bursa | Greek: Προῦσα | Greek: Προῦσα | Turkish: Hüdavendigar |
Istanbul | Greek: εἰς τὴν Πόλιν "to the City" | Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις Ottoman Turkish: Kostantiniyye |
See Names of Istanbul |
İzmir | Greek: εἰς Σμύρνην "to Smyrna" | Greek: Σμύρνη | Latin: Smyrna |
İzmit | Greek: εἰς Μήδειαν "to Nicomedia" | Greek: Νικομήδεια | Greek: Ἀστακός |
İznik | Greek: εἰς Νίκαιαν "to Nicaea" | Greek: Νίκαια | Greek: Ἀντιγόνεια |
Kayseri | Greek: Καισάρεια through Arabic: Kaysariyyah | Greek: Καισάρεια | Hittite: Mazaka Latin: Caesarea |
Konya | Ικόνιο | Latin: Iconiun | |
Trabzon | Τραπεζούντα | Greek: Τραπεζοῦς | |
Samsun | εἰς Αμισόν (to Amissos) | Greek: Αμισός | |
Giresun | Κερασούντα | Greek: Κερασοῦς | |
Eregli | (Ποντο)Ηράκλεια | Greek: (Ποντο)Ηράκλεια | |
Manisa | Μαγνησία | Greek: Μαγνησία | |
Bodrum | Ιππόδρομος | Greek: Ιππόδρομος | |
Sivas | Σεβάστεια | Greek: Σεβάστεια | |
Bandirma | Πάνορμος | Greek: Πάνορμος | |
Gelibolu | Καλλίπολη | Greek: Καλλίπολη | |
Ordu | Κοτύωρα | Greek: Κοτύωρα | |
Rize | Ριζούντα | Greek: Ριζούντα | |
Zonguldak | French: Zone Geul-Dagh | Ottoman Turkish: Güldağ |
Outside Turkey
Written form | Etymology | Others |
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Almanya | French: Allemagne | |
İngiltere | French: Angleterre |
See also