قیصری

Ottoman Turkish

Kayseri province

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ēa in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus. Doublet of قيساريه.

Proper noun

قیصری • (Kayseri)

Kayseri (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Kayseri

Further reading

Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Kayseri”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kayseri”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 442

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