Izmit

See also: İzmit

English

Alternative forms

• İzmit

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ازمید (İzmit) and Turkish İzmit, from Byzantine Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia), from Ancient Greek Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-iă, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Nicomedia.

Proper noun

Izmit

1. A city in Kocaeli Province, Turkey.

Synonyms

• Nicomedia (historical)

Translations

Turkish city — see also Nicomedia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊茲米特 / 伊兹米特 (Yīzīmǐtè)

• Greek: Ιζμίτ n (Izmít), Νικομήδεια (el) f (Nikomídeia) (chiefly historical)

  Ancient Greek: Νικομήδεια f (Nikomḗdeia)

• Latin: Nicomedia
• Turkish: İzmit (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ازمید (İzmit)

Anagrams

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