آقحصار
Ottoman Turkish
Akhisar district
Etymology
Compound of آق (ak, “white”) + حصار (hisar, “fortress”). This place is the site of the ancient city of Thyatira, one of the Seven churches of Asia mentioned in the biblical book of Revelation.
Descendants
- Turkish: Akhisar
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Akhisar”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Akhisar”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 19
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