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izmit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
izmit
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Kocaeli Province, Turkey.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ازمید (İzmit) and Turkish İzmit, from Byzantine Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia), from Ancient Greek Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-iă, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Nicomedia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ازمید, İzmit, Νικομήδεια, Νικομήδης

Inflected Forms

İzmit (alternative)

Synonyms

Nicomedia

Questions

What does izmit mean?
A city in Kocaeli Province, Turkey.
Where does izmit come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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