دده آغاچ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From دده (dede, “grandfather; old man”) + آغاچ (ağaç), variant of آغاج (ağac, “tree”). The name supposedly comes from an old, wise man who was buried under the shade of a tree.

Proper noun

دده آغاچ • (dede ağaç)

  1. Alexandroupoli (a city in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Dedeağaç
  • → Armenian: Տէտէաղաճ (Tētēaġač)
  • → Bulgarian: Дедеагач (Dedeagač)
  • → Greek: Δεδεαγάτς (Dedeagáts)

Further reading

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Dedeağaç”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 204
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