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Izmir
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A major port city on Turkey's Aegean coast, and the province surrounding it.
"Izmir was known in antiquity as Smyrna."
How to Use Izmir
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA large coastal city in western Turkey, formerly called Smyrna.
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Etymology
From Turkish İzmir, ultimately from Ottoman Turkish; a doublet of the ancient name Smyrna.