اسكندریه

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya). Doublet of اسكندرون (iskenderun).

Proper noun[edit]

اسكندریه (iskenderiye)

  1. Alexandria (a port city in Egypt)

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: İskenderiye

References[edit]

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İskenderiye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 381