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Where does “إزمیر” come from?
إزمیر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Greek Σμύρνη, from Ancient Greek Σμύρνη.
Ancestry of “إزمیر”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Greek
Σμύρνη
Smyrna, İzmir city on west coast of Turkey
2
Ancient Greek
Σμύρνη
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