Etymology

Sinop

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Today it means: A province of Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. Full definition →

Turkish Sinop ← Ottoman Turkish سنوب ← Ancient Greek Σινώπη
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The story

  1. Hittite · derived from𒅆𒉡𒉿
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣινώπη
  3. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromسنوب
  4. Turkish · borrowed fromSinop
  5. English todaySinop

From Turkish Sinop and Ottoman Turkish سنوب (Sinop), from Medieval Greek and Ancient Greek Σινώπη (Sinṓpē), from Hittite 𒅆𒉡𒉿 (Šinuwa).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΣινώπη all →

Sinope

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