ازمید

Ottoman Turkish
İzmit District

Etymology

Variant of İznikmid, from Byzantine Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia, “Nicomedia”), from Ancient Greek Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-ia, “ia: forming place names”).

Proper noun

ازمید • (İzmit)

  1. Izmit (a city and district in Kocaeli province, Turkey)

Descendants
  • Turkish: İzmit

Further reading
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازمید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 82
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İzmit”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 391
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