Where does “İzmir” come from?

İzmir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر, from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη.

İzmir (Turkish): İzmir

Definitions

  1. İzmir

Ancestry of “İzmir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishازمیر—
2Byzantine GreekΣμύρνη—

Words derived from “İzmir”

Every word from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر →
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