Izmir

See also: İzmir

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Etymology

From Turkish İzmir, from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر‎ (İzmir). Doublet of Smyrna.

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Izmir

  1. A major Turkish port city situated midway along the western Anatolian seaboard, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna.
    • 1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title
    • 2000, Dana Facaros; Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14:
      One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.
    • 2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221:
      It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.

Synonyms
  • Smyrna (obsolete, prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930)

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