Aleppo

English

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (^URUḫa-la-ab^KI, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛpəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛpoʊ/

Proper noun

Aleppo

2. The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria

   Synonyms: Alep, Halab

4. A governorate of Syria.

Derived terms

• Aleppan
• Aleppine
• Aleppoan
• Aleppo Gambit
• Aleppo pine
• Aleppo soap

 

Related terms

• Beroea

Translations

city in Syria

• Albanian: Halepi, Alepo
• Arabic: حَلَب f (ḥalab)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܚܠܒ

• Armenian: Հալեպ (Halep)

  Old Armenian: Խաղաբ (Xałab)

• Avar: Хӏалаб (Ḥʳalab)
• Azerbaijani: Hələb (az)
• Basque: Alepo
• Bengali: হলব (bn) (holob)
• Bulgarian: Ха́леб (Háleb)
• Catalan: Alep
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿勒頗 / 阿勒颇 (zh) (Ālèpō)

• Esperanto: Halepo, Alepo
• Finnish: Aleppo (fi)
• French: Alep (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეპო (aleṗo)
• German: Aleppo (de) n
• Greek: Χαλέπι (el) (Chalépi)
• Hebrew: חַלַבּ (he) (khalab)
• Hindi: हलब (hi) (halab), अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Hungarian: Aleppó (hu)
• Italian: Aleppo (it)
• Japanese: アレッポ (Areppo)
• Kazakh: Алеппо (Aleppo)
• Korean: 알레포 (Allepo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: حەلەب (ḧeleb)

  Northern Kurdish: Heleb (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Халеб (Haleb)
• Latin: Halapia f, Beroea f
• Marathi: अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Mongolian: Алеппо (Aleppo)
• Ottoman Turkish: حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep)
• Persian: حلب (fa) (halab)
• Polish: Aleppo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Alepo
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਹਲਬ (halab)

  Shahmukhi: حلب (halab)

• Romanian: Alep
• Russian: Але́ппо (ru) m (Aléppo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алеп m

  Roman: Alep m

• Spanish: Alepo (es) m
• Thai: อะเลปโป (à-lêep-bpoo)
• Turkish: Halep (tr)
• Turkmen: Halap
• Ukrainian: Але́ппо m (Aléppo)
• Urdu: حلب m (halab)
• Uyghur: ھەلەپ (helep)
• Uzbek: Halab

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɛpo/
• Hyphenation: Alep‧po

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Aleppo n (proper noun, genitive Aleppos or (optionally with an article) Aleppo)

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)
2. Aleppo (a governorate of Syria).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlep.po/
• Rhymes: -eppo
• Hyphenation: A‧lép‧po

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)
2. Aleppo (a governorate of Syria).

Derived terms

• aleppino

Descendants

• → Danish: Aleppo
• → Dutch: Aleppo
• → English: Aleppo
• → Finnish: Aleppo
• → German: Aleppo
• → Norwegian: Aleppo
• → Polish: Aleppo
• → Russian: Алеппо (Aleppo)
• → Swedish: Aleppo
• → Ukrainian: Алеппо (Aleppo)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.pu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.pu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.po/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɛ.pu/

Proper noun

Aleppo

1. Alternative spelling of Alepo