Izmir

• İzmir (uncommon)

From Turkish İzmir, from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر (İzmir). Doublet of Smyrna.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭzʹmîr, IPA^(key): /ˈɪzmɪə/ (or as in Turkish)

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Izmir

2. A province and metropolitan municipality in western Anatolia in Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast.
4. A major port city, the capital of İzmir Province, Turkey, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna.
   • 1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title
   • 2000, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14:

     One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.

   • 2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221:

     It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.

• Smyrna (obsolete, prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930)

• Izmirian

• Izmir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Turkish İzmir. Doublet of Smyrna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mir/

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• Rhymes: -izmir
• Syllabification: Iz‧mir

Izmir m inan (related adjective izmirski)

1. Izmir (a province and metropolitan municipality in western Anatolia in Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast)
2. Izmir (a major port city, the capital of İzmir Province, Turkey, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna)

• Izmir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Izmir in PWN's encyclopedia