Urmia

English

Etymology

Probably from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܪ (w-r, “city”), a common Assyrian name for cities around Mesopotamia, and ܡܝܐ (miyā, “water”), referring to the great lake nearby.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːmɪə/

Proper noun

Urmia

1. A salt lake northwestern Iran, near Turkey
2. A city and capital of West Azerbaijan, Iran, on the shore of the lake of the same name

Translations

lake in Iran

• Armenian: Ուրմիա (Urmia), Կապուտան (hy) (Kaputan)
• Azerbaijani: Urmu, Urmu gölü
• Persian: دریاچه ارومیه (daryâče-ye orumiye), چیچست (fa) (čičast), کبودان (fa) (kabudân)

  Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠čēčast⁠/)

• Russian: У́рмия (ru) m (Úrmija)
• Spanish: Urmía (es)
• Turkish: Urmiye Gölü

city in Iran

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ (Urmia)

• Armenian: Ուրմիա (Urmia)
• Azerbaijani: Urmiya (az)
• Danish: Urmia
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ورمێ (wirmê)

  Northern Kurdish: Ûrmiye (ku)

• Persian: ارومیه (fa) (orumiye)
• Russian: У́рмия (ru) m (Úrmija)
• Turkish: Urmiye

Anagrams

• -arium, Mauri, Miura, Umari, mauri