Iznik

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ازنیق (İznik) and Turkish İznik, from Byzantine Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Nice and Nicaea.

Proper noun

Iznik

  1. A town in Turkey.

Synonyms

  • See Nicaea for historical names

Translations

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