Izmir

See also: İzmir

English

Alternative forms

• İzmir (uncommon)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Izmirian

Translations

city

• Arabic: إِزْمِير f (ʔizmīr)

  Hijazi Arabic: إزمير f (ʔizmīr)

• Armenian: Իզմիր (hy) (Izmir), Զմյուռնիա (hy) (Zmyuṙnia)
• Bulgarian: Сми́рна f (Smírna), Изми́р m (Izmír)
• Catalan: Esmirna
• Galician: Esmirna (gl)
• Greek: Σμύρνη (el) f (Smýrni)
• Hungarian: İzmir (hu)
• Italian: Smirne (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئیزمیر (ckb) (îzmîr)

  Northern Kurdish: Îzmîr (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Измир (İzmir)
• Ladino: Izmir, Esmirna
• Latin: Smyrna (la) f
• Macedonian: Измир m (Izmir)
• Ottoman Turkish: إزمیر (İzmir)
• Persian: ازمیر (ezmir)
• Polish: Izmir (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esmirna
• Russian: Изми́р (ru) m (Izmír)
• Spanish: Esmirna (es)
• Turkish: İzmir (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ізмір (Izmir), Смірна (Smirna)
• Urdu: اِزْمِیر m (izmīr)
• Uyghur: ئىزمىر (izmir)

Further reading

• Izmir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Izmir

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish İzmir. Doublet of Smyrna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mir/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -izmir
• Syllabification: Iz‧mir

Proper noun

Izmir m inan (related adjective izmirski)

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

Declension

Declension of Izmir

	singular
nominative	Izmir
genitive	Izmiru
dative	Izmirowi
accusative	Izmir
instrumental	Izmirem
locative	Izmirze
vocative	Izmirze

Further reading

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