Iznik

English

Alternative forms

• İznik (uncommon)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ازنیق (İznik) and Turkish İznik, from Byzantine Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Nice and Nicaea.

Proper noun

Iznik

1. A town in Turkey.

Synonyms

• See Nicaea for historical names

Translations

Turkish town — see also Nicaea

• Farefare: Nikea
• Latin: Nicaea
• Ottoman Turkish: ازنیق (iznik)
• Turkish: İznik (tr)