Ayasoluk

English

Etymology

Variant spelling of Turkish Ayasuluk and Ottoman Turkish اياصـولق (Ayasuluk), from Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation. Doublet of Agios Theologos.

Proper noun

Ayasoluk

(historical) Former name of Selcuk, a town in Turkey near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.

Translations

Selcuk under Ottoman rule

French: Ayasoluk
German: Ayasoluk
Greek: Αγιασολούκ (Agiasoloúk)
Ottoman Turkish: آياسلوغ (Ayasuluğ), اياصـولق (Ayasuluk)
Russian: Айясолук (Ajjasoluk)
Spanish: Ayasoluk
Turkish: Ayasuluk, Ayasuluk Tepesi

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