Nablus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνέᾱ́“new”
2. Medieval Greek · derived fromΝεάπολις
3. Arabic · derived fromنَابُلُس
4. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromنابلس
5. English todayNablus

From Ottoman Turkish نابلس (Nablus) and Arabic نَابُلُس (Nābulus), from Medieval Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Nabeul, Naples, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis.

Words from the same roots