Where does “İzmir” come from?
İzmir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر, from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη.
İzmir (Turkish): İzmir
Ancestry of “İzmir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ازمیر | — |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | Σμύρνη | — |
Words derived from “İzmir”