دده آغاچ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From دده (dede, “grandfather; old man”) + آغاچ (ağaç), variant of آغاج (ağac, “tree”). The name supposedly comes from an old, wise man who was buried under the shade of a tree.

Proper noun

دده آغاچ • (dede ağaç)

1. Alexandroupoli (a city in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece).

Descendants

• Turkish: Dedeağaç
• → Armenian: Տէտէաղաճ (Tētēaġač)
• → Bulgarian: Дедеагач (Dedeagač)
• → Greek: Δεδεαγάτς (Dedeagáts)

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Dedeağaç”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 204