قیساریه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَيْسارِيّة (qaysāriyya) and Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ēa (“-ia: forming place names”) on the pattern of Alexandrea etc. and in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus. Doublet of قیصری.

Proper noun

قیساریه • (Kaysâriye)

  1. Caesarea (a city in Israel)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Kayserya

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kaysâriyye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 442
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