Smyrna

Smyrna

See also: smyrna

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σμύρνα (Smúrna), a variant spelling of Σμύρνη (Smúrnē), the Ionic Greek form of the original Aeolic Greek name Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā, “Smyrna”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: zm.îrʹnä, IPA^(key): /zmˈɪɚnɑː/

Proper noun

Smyrna

1. (chiefly historical) A port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11^th century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir.
2. A town in Delaware.
3. A city in Georgia in the United States.
4. A town in Maine.
5. A town and village in New York.
6. A town in South Carolina.
7. A town in Tennessee.

Meronyms

• New Smyrna
• Old Smyrna
• Smyrna proper

Translations

city

Arabic: سميرنا‎ Armenian: Զմյուռնիա (Zmyuṙnia) Old Armenian: Զմիւռնիա (Zmiwṙnia) Azerbaijani: Smirna Bulgarian: Смирна f (Smírna) Czech: Smyrna f Danish: Smyrna Dutch: Smyrna (nl) French: Smyrne (fr) f German: Smyrna Greek: Σμύρνη (el) f (Smýrni) Ancient Greek: (Ionic) Σμύρνη f (Smúrnē), (Aeolic) Μύρρα f (Múrrha)

Italian: Smirne (it) Korean: 스미르나 (seumireuna) Latin: Zmyrna f, Smyrna (la) f Norwegian: Smyrna Portuguese: Esmirna Romanian: Smyrna Russian: Сми́рна (ru) f (Smírna) Spanish: Esmirna (es) Turkish: Smyrna (tr), Smirna, Izmir

Anagrams

• Manrys, Rymans

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Czech

Proper noun

Smyrna f

1. Smyrna (port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor)

Derived terms

• smyrenský

Further reading

• Smyrna in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Smyrna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Latin

Proper noun

Smyrna f (genitive Smyrnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Zmyrna

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Smyrna
Genitive	Smyrnae
Dative	Smyrnae
Accusative	Smyrnam
Ablative	Smyrnā
Vocative	Smyrna
Locative	Smyrnae

References

• Smyrna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Smyrna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette