Ayasoluk

English

Map of ancient Ephesus and early modern Ayasoluk

Etymology

Variant spelling of Turkish Ayasuluk and Ottoman Turkish اياصـولق (Ayasuluk), from Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation. Doublet of Agios Theologos.

Proper noun

Ayasoluk

1. (historical) Former name of Selcuk, a town in Turkey near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.

Translations

Selcuk under Ottoman rule

• French: Ayasoluk
• German: Ayasoluk
• Greek: Αγιασολούκ (Agiasoloúk)
• Ottoman Turkish: آياسلوغ (Ayasuluğ), اياصـولق (Ayasuluk)
• Russian: Айясолук (Ajjasoluk)
• Spanish: Ayasoluk
• Turkish: Ayasuluk, Ayasuluk Tepesi