English Explanatory Dictionary

Aleppo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
  2. A governorate of Syria.

Pronunciation

/əˈlɛpəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aleppo.wav /əˈlɛpoʊ/

Word forms

Aleppo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (haleb), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (ᵁᴿᵁḫa-la-abᴷᴵ, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).

Synonyms

Alep Halab

Related words

Beroea

Derived words

Aleppan Aleppine Aleppoan Aleppo Gambit Aleppo pine Aleppo soap Aleppo tannin

Translations

Albanian: Halepi Albanian: Alepo Arabic: حَلَب Aramaic: ܚܠܒ Armenian: Հալեպ Old Armenian: Խաղաբ Avar: Хӏалаб Azerbaijani: Hələb Basque: Alepo Bengali: হলব Bulgarian: Ха́леб Catalan: Alep Chinese Mandarin: 阿勒頗 /阿勒颇 Esperanto: Halepo Esperanto: Alepo Finnish: Aleppo French: Alep Georgian: ალეპო German: Aleppo Greek: Χαλέπι Hebrew: חַלַבּ Hebrew: חַאלַבּ Hindi: हलब Hindi: अलेप्पो Hungarian: Aleppó Italian: Aleppo Japanese: アレッポ Kazakh: Алеппо Korean: 알레포 Central Kurdish: حەلەب Northern Kurdish: Heleb Kyrgyz: Халеб Latin: Halapia Latin: Beroea Marathi: अलेप्पो Mongolian: Алеппо Iranian Persian: حَلَب Polish: Aleppo Portuguese: Alepo Punjabi: ਹਲਬ Punjabi: حَلَب Romanian: Alep Russian: Але́ппо Serbo-Croatian: Алеп Serbo-Croatian: Alep Spanish: Alepo Tajik: Ҳалаб
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