اسكندرون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

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