Smyrna
See also: smyrna
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σμύρνα (Smúrna), a variant spelling of Σμύρνη (Smúrnē), the Ionic Greek form of the original Aeolic Greek name Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā, “Smyrna”). Doublet of Izmir.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: zmîrʹnä, IPA(key): /ˈzmɪɚnɑː/
Proper noun edit
Smyrna
- (chiefly historical) An ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir.
- A former settlement in Kern County, California.
- A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware.
- A city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, also called Creswell.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Otisco Township, Ionia County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
- A town and village in Chenango County, New York.
- A locality in Carteret County, North Carolina.
- A tiny town in York County and Cherokee County, South Carolina.
- A sizable town in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
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Proper noun edit
Smyrna f (related adjective smyrenský, demonym Smyrňan, female demonym Smyrňanka)
- Smyrna (an ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor)
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Latin edit
Proper noun edit
Smyrna f sg (genitive Smyrnae); first declension
- Alternative form of Zmyrna
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Smyrna |
Genitive | Smyrnae |
Dative | Smyrnae |
Accusative | Smyrnam |
Ablative | Smyrnā |
Vocative | Smyrna |
Locative | Smyrnae |
References edit
- “Smyrna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Smyrna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.