بالیابادره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• باللی بادره (ballı badra)

Etymology

From Greek Παλαιά Πάτρα (Palaiá Pátra, “Old Patras”), the way Greeks used to call the city in opposition to Νέα Πάτρα (Néa Pátra, “New Patras”), which is now Ypati.

Proper noun

بالیابادره • (balyabadra)

1. Patras (a city in Achaia, Greece).

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Balyabadra”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 87