Iznik

English

Alternative forms

İznik (uncommon)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ازنیق (İznik) and Turkish İznik, from Byzantine Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Nice and Nicaea.

Proper noun

Iznik

A town in Turkey.

Synonyms

See Nicaea for historical names

Translations

Turkish town — see also Nicaea

Farefare: Nikea
Latin: Nicaea
Ottoman Turkish: ازنیق (iznik)
Turkish: İznik (tr)

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