اسكندریه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔIskandariyya), from Byzantine Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -ειᾰ (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) for its founder Alexander the Great. Doublet of اسكندرون.

Proper noun

اسكندریه • (İskenderiye)

1. Alexandria (a port city in Egypt)

Descendants

• Turkish: İskenderiye

References

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