İznik

Meaning

Proper Noun

town Turkey (country), known as Νῑ́καιᾰ prior to conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1331.

Origin

From Turkish İznik, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια. Nice, and Nicaea.

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