The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἉδριανός“Hadrian”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromἉδριανούπολις
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromادرنه
- Turkish · borrowed fromEdirne
- English todayEdirne
From Turkish Edirne and Ottoman Turkish ادرنه (Edirne), from Medieval Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis), from Ancient Greek Ἁδριανός (Hadrianós, “Hadrian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Adrianople and Adrianopolis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.