سمادیرك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē), from Ancient Greek Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

Proper noun

سمادیرك • (Semadirek)

  1. Samothrace (an island in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Semadirek

Further reading

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Semadirek”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 673
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