Urmia

English

Etymology

Probably from Syriac “Ur” (ܐܘܪ, city, a common Assyrian name for cities around Mesopotamia) and “Mia” (ܡܝܐ, water), referring to the great lake nearby.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːmɪə/

Proper noun

Urmia

A salt lake northwestern Iran, near Turkey
A city and capital of West Azerbaijan, Iran, on the shore of the lake of the same name

Translations

lake in Iran

Armenian: Ուրմիա (Urmia), Կապուտան (hy) (Kaputan)
Azerbaijani: Urmu, Urmu gölü
Persian: دریاچه ارومیه‎ (daryâče-ye orûmiye), چیچست‎ (fa) (čičast), کبودان‎ (fa) (kabudân)
Middle Persian: [Term?] (/čēčast/)
Russian: У́рмия (ru) m (Úrmija)

city in Iran

Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ‎‎ (Urmia)
Armenian: Ուրմիա (Urmia)
Azerbaijani: Urmiya (az)
Danish: Urmia
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ورمێ‎ (wirmê)
Northern Kurdish: Ûrmiye (ku)
Persian: ارومیه‎ (fa) (orûmiye)
Russian: У́рмия (ru) m (Úrmija)

Anagrams

-arium, Mauri, Miura, Umari, mauri