Iznik
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- İznik (uncommon)
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish ازنیق (İznik) and Turkish İznik, from Byzantine Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Nice and Nicaea.
Proper noun edit
Iznik
- A town in Turkey.
Synonyms edit
- See Nicaea for historical names