Afyonkarahisar

Borrowed from Turkish Afyonkarahisar, from Ottoman Turkish آفیون قره حصار (afyon kara hisar).

Afyonkarahisar

2. A province in western Turkey.
4. A district of Afyonkarahisar Province, in western Turkey.
6. A municipality, the capital city of Afyonkarahisar district and Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آفیون قره حصار (afyon kara hisar). By surface analysis, afyon (“opium”) +‎ kara (“black”) +‎ hisar (“fortress”).

• IPA^(key): /afjonkaˈɾahisaɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Af‧yon‧ka‧ra‧hi‧sar

Afyonkarahisar

1. Afyonkarahisar (a province in western Turkey)
2. Afyonkarahisar (a district of Afyonkarahisar Province, in western Turkey)
3. Afyonkarahisar (a municipality, the capital city of Afyonkarahisar district and Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey)

• Colloquially abbreviated to Afyon.