یڭی شهر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یڭی (yeni, “new”) + شهر (şehir, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, “New City”).

Proper noun

یڭی شهر • (Yeni Şehir)

1. Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)
2. Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)
3. Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
4. (historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
5. (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)

Synonyms

• (Town near Bursa): یڭی شهر بروسه (Yeni Şehir-i Bursa)
• (Larissa): یڭی شهر فنار (Yeni Şehir-i Fener)

Derived terms

• یڭی شهر آيدين
• یڭی شهر بروسه
• یڭی شهر فنار

 

Descendants

• Turkish: Yenişehir
  • English: Yenisehir, Yenişehir

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yenişehir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, pages 815–816