ازنیق
Ottoman Turkish
Iznik district
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), named after Nicaea, wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”).
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “İznik”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازنیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 82
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İznik”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 392
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