English Explanatory Dictionary

Kayseri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
  2. A city, the capital of Kayseri Province, Turkey.

Word forms

Kayseri

Etymology

From Turkish Kayseri and Ottoman Turkish قیصری (Kayseri), from Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ea in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Caesarea and Cherchell.

Synonyms

Mazaca Eusebia Caesarea Caesarea Mazaca Caesarea in Cappadocia

Translations

Arabic: قَيْصِرِيَة Armenian: Կեսարիա Chinese Mandarin: 開塞利 /开塞利 Greek: Καισάρεια Central Kurdish: قەیسەری Northern Kurdish: Qeyserî Latin: Caesarēa Macedonian: Кајсери Persian: قیصریه Russian: Ка́йсери Turkish: Kayseri Ottoman Turkish: قیصری Uyghur: قەيسەرى
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