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Some well-known place names in modern Turkey are derived from the Greek or Latin languages.

In Turkey

ModernAncient
Written formEtymologyWell-knownOthers
Ankara Greek: Ἄγκυρα Greek: Ἄγκυρα Latin: Ancyra
Bursa Greek: Προῦσα Greek: Προῦσα Turkish: Hüdavendigar
Istanbul Greek: εἰς τὴν Πόλιν "to the City" Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις
Ottoman Turkish: Kostantiniyye		 See Names of Istanbul
İzmir Greek: εἰς Σμύρνην "to Smyrna" Greek: Σμύρνη Latin: Smyrna
İzmit Greek: εἰς Μήδειαν "to Nicomedia" Greek: Νικομήδεια Greek: Ἀστακός
İznik Greek: εἰς Νίκαιαν "to Nicaea" Greek: Νίκαια Greek: Ἀντιγόνεια

Greek: Ἀγκώρη
Greek: Ἑλικώρη

Kayseri Greek: Καισάρεια through Arabic: Kaysariyyah Greek: Καισάρεια Hittite: Mazaka
Latin: Caesarea
Konya Ικόνιο Latin: Iconiun
Trabzon Τραπεζούντα Greek: Τραπεζοῦς
Samsun εἰς Αμισόν (to Amissos) Greek: Αμισός
Giresun Κερασούντα Greek: Κερασοῦς
Eregli (Ποντο)Ηράκλεια Greek: (Ποντο)Ηράκλεια
Manisa Μαγνησία Greek: Μαγνησία
Bodrum Ιππόδρομος Greek: Ιππόδρομος
Sivas Σεβάστεια Greek: Σεβάστεια
Bandirma Πάνορμος Greek: Πάνορμος
Gelibolu Καλλίπολη Greek: Καλλίπολη
Ordu Κοτύωρα Greek: Κοτύωρα
Rize Ριζούντα Greek: Ριζούντα
Zonguldak French: Zone Geul-Dagh Ottoman Turkish: Güldağ

Outside Turkey

Written formEtymologyOthers
Almanya French: Allemagne
İngiltere French: Angleterre

See also


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