Smyrna

See also: smyrna

English

Etymology

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

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: zmîrʹnä, IPA^(key): /ˈzmɪɚnɑː/

Proper noun

Smyrna

1. (chiefly historical) An ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11^th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir.
2. A former settlement in Kern County, California.
3. A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware.
4. A city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, also called Creswell.
7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
8. A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
9. An unincorporated community in Otisco Township, Ionia County, Michigan.
10. An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
11. A town and village in Chenango County, New York.
12. A locality in Carteret County, North Carolina.
13. A tiny town in York County and Cherokee County, South Carolina.
14. A sizable town in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
15. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.

Meronyms

• New Smyrna
• Old Smyrna
• Smyrna proper

Derived terms

• Calimyrna
• Smyrna fig

Translations

city

• Arabic: سْمِيرْنَا (smīrnā)
• Armenian: Զմյուռնիա (hy) (Zmyuṙnia)

  Old Armenian: Զմիւռնիա (Zmiwṙnia)

• Azerbaijani: Smirna
• Bulgarian: Сми́рна f (Smírna)
• Czech: Smyrna f
• Danish: Smyrna
• Dutch: Smyrna (nl)
• French: Smyrne (fr) f
• German: Smyrna (de)
• Greek: Σμύρνη (el) f (Smýrni)

  Aeolic: Μύρρα f (Múrrha)

  Ancient: Σμύρνα f (Smúrna)

  Ionic: Σμύρνη f (Smúrnē)

• Italian: Smirne (it)
• Korean: 스미르나 (seumireuna)
• Latin: Zmyrna f, Smyrna (la) f
• Norwegian: Smyrna
• Portuguese: Esmirna
• Romanian: Smyrna
• Russian: Сми́рна (ru) f (Smírna)
• Spanish: Esmirna (es)
• Turkish: Smyrna (tr), Smirna, İzmir (tr)

Anagrams

• Manrys, Rymans

Czech

Proper noun

Smyrna f (related adjective smyrenský, demonym Smyrňan, female demonym Smyrňanka)

1. Smyrna (an ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor)

Declension

Declension of Smyrna (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Smyrna
genitive	Smyrny
dative	Smyrně
accusative	Smyrnu
vocative	Smyrno
locative	Smyrně
instrumental	Smyrnou

Further reading

• “Smyrna”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Smyrna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Proper noun

Smyrna f sg (genitive Smyrnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Zmyrna

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Smyrna
Genitive	Smyrnae
Dative	Smyrnae
Accusative	Smyrnam
Ablative	Smyrnā
Vocative	Smyrna
Locative	Smyrnae

References

• “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.