Etymology

Trabzon

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Today it means: A province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. Full definition →

Turkish Trabzon ← Ottoman Turkish طرابزون ← Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΤραπεζοῦς
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromطرابزون
  3. Turkish · borrowed fromTrabzon
  4. English todayTrabzon

Borrowed from Turkish Trabzon, from Ottoman Turkish طرابزون (Tırabızon), ultimately from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs). Doublet of Trapezus and Trebizond.

Words from the same roots

Ottoman Turkishطرابزون all →

Trebizond

Ancient GreekΤραπεζοῦς all →

TrebizondTrapezund

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.