ازمید

Ottoman Turkish

İzmit District

Etymology

Variant of İznikmid, from Byzantine Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia, “Nicomedia”), from Ancient Greek Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-ia, “ia: forming place names”).

Proper noun

ازمید • (İzmit)

1. Izmit (a city and district in Kocaeli province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: İzmit
  • English: Izmit

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازمید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 82
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İzmit”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 391