Meanings
- The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
“I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment,” Johnson said, trying to turn the moment into a bit of self-deprecating humor. Earlier this month, Johnson was ridiculed after being quizzed about the besieged city that has become a focal point of Syria’s civil war and coming up blank.
2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2018 - A governorate of Syria.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Arabicحَلَبَ“gave out milk”
- Arabicحَلَب
- Ottoman Turkishحلب
- FrenchAlep
- ItalianAleppo
- EnglishAleppo
Borrowed from Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (haleb), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (ᵁᴿᵁḫa-la-abᴷᴵ, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).
More words from Italian, French, Ottoman Turkish
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Arabic حَلَب
- حَلَب (ḥalab)city in Syria
Basque Alepo
- Alepocity in Syria
Bengali হলব
- হলব (holob)city in Syria
Bulgarian Ха́леб
- Ха́леб (Háleb)city in Syria
Catalan Alep
- Alepcity in Syria
Chinese Mandarin 阿勒頗 /阿勒颇
- 阿勒頗 /阿勒颇 (Ālèpō)city in Syria
Esperanto Halepo, Alepo
- Halepocity in Syria
- Alepocity in Syria
Finnish Aleppo
- Aleppocity in Syria
French Alep
- Alepcity in Syria
German Aleppo
- Aleppocity in Syria
Greek Χαλέπι
- Χαλέπι (Chalépi)city in Syria
Hebrew חַלַבּ, חַאלַבּ
- חַלַבּ (khálab)city in Syria
- חַאלַבּ (khálab)city in Syria
Hindi हलब
- हलब (halab)city in Syria
Hungarian Aleppó
- Aleppócity in Syria
Italian Aleppo
- Aleppocity in Syria
Japanese アレッポ
- アレッポ (Areppo)city in Syria
Korean 알레포
- 알레포 (Allepo)city in Syria
Latin Halapia, Beroea
- Halapiacity in Syria
- Beroeacity in Syria
Polish Aleppo
- Aleppocity in Syria
Portuguese Alepo
- Alepocity in Syria
Punjabi ਹਲਬ
- ਹਲਬ (halab)city in Syria
Romanian Alep
- Alepcity in Syria
Russian Але́ппо
- Але́ппо (Aléppo)city in Syria
Spanish Alepo
- Alepocity in Syria
Thai อะเลปโป
- อะเลปโป (à-lêep-bpoo)city in Syria
Turkish Halep
- Halepcity in Syria
Ukrainian Але́ппо
- Але́ппо (Aléppo)city in Syria
Urdu حَلَب
- حَلَب (halab)city in Syria
Cite this entry
Aleppo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aleppo
“Aleppo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aleppo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aleppo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aleppo.
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