اسكندرون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔiskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of اسكندریه.

Proper noun

اسكندرون • (İskenderun)

1. Iskenderun (a city in Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: İskenderun
  • English: Iskenderun

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İskenderun”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 381