آلاشهر

Ottoman Turkish

Alaşehir district

Etymology

Compound of آلا (ala, “spotted, multicolored”) +‎ شهر (şehir, “city”).

Proper noun

آلاشهر • (Alaşehir)

1. Alasehir (a town and district in Manisa province, Turkey)

Synonyms

• فيالدلفيا (Filadelfiya) (historical)

Descendants

• Turkish: Alaşehir

• English: Alasehir

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Alaşehir”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)