Iskenderun

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈλεξάνδρεια“Alexandria”
2. Arabic · derived fromالْإِسْكَنْدَرُون
3. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromإسكندرون
4. Turkish · borrowed fromİskenderun
5. English todayIskenderun

From Turkish İskenderun and Ottoman Turkish إسكندرون (İskenderun), from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔiskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of Alexandria, Alexandretta, Kandahar, and Scandaroon.

Words from the same roots