Izmir

• İzmir (uncommon)

From Turkish İzmir, from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر (İzmir). Doublet of Smyrna.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭzʹmîr, IPA^(key): /ˈɪzmɪə/ (or as in Turkish)

Izmir

1. A major Turkish port city situated midway along the western Anatolian seaboard, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna.
   • 1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title
   • 2000, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14:

     One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.

   • 2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221:

     It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.

• Smyrna (obsolete, prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930)

• Izmirian

• Izmir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Turkish İzmir. Doublet of Smyrna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mir/

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• Rhymes: -izmir
• Syllabification: Iz‧mir

Izmir m inan (related adjective izmirski)

1. Izmir (the capital city of İzmir, Turkey)
2. Izmir (a province of Turkey)

• Izmir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Izmir in PWN's encyclopedia