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Smyrna

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Smyrna

  1. (chiefly historical) An ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11th 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.

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Czech

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Proper noun

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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

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Proper noun

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Smyrna f sg (genitive Smyrnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Zmyrna

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Smyrna
genitive Smyrnae
dative Smyrnae
accusative Smyrnam
ablative Smyrnā
vocative Smyrna
locative Smyrnae

References

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  • 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.