Smyrna

See also: smyrna

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σμύρνα (Smúrna), a variant spelling of Σμύρνη (Smúrnē), the Ionic Greek form of the original Aeolic Greek name Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā, Smyrna). Doublet of Izmir.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Smyrna

  1. (chiefly historical) An ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir.
  2. A former settlement in Kern County, California.
  3. A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware.
  4. A city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, also called Creswell.
  7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  8. A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  9. An unincorporated community in Otisco Township, Ionia County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  11. A town and village in Chenango County, New York.
  12. A locality in Carteret County, North Carolina.
  13. A tiny town in York County and Cherokee County, South Carolina.
  14. A sizable town in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  15. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.

Meronyms

  • New Smyrna
  • Old Smyrna
  • Smyrna proper

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Czech

Proper noun

Smyrna f (related adjective smyrenský, demonym Smyrňan, female demonym Smyrňanka)

  1. Smyrna (an ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor)

Declension

Further reading

  • Smyrna in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Smyrna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Proper noun

Smyrna f sg (genitive Smyrnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Zmyrna

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Smyrna
Genitive Smyrnae
Dative Smyrnae
Accusative Smyrnam
Ablative Smyrnā
Vocative Smyrna
Locative Smyrnae

References

  • Smyrna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Smyrna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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