اسكندرون
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔIskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of اسكندریه.
Proper noun edit
اسكندرون • (İskenderun)
- Iskenderun (a city in Turkey)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: İskenderun
- English: Iskenderun