یڭی شهر
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From یڭی (yeni, “new”) + شهر (şehir, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, “New City”).
Proper noun edit
- Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)
- Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)
- Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
- (historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
- (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)
Synonyms edit
- (Town near Bursa): یڭی شهر بروسه (Yeni Şehir-i Bursa)
- (Larissa): یڭی شهر فنار (Yeni Şehir-i Fener)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- 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