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

Proper noun

Smyrna

  1. (chiefly historical) A port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11th 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

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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

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
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