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Ayasoluk

Ayasoluk proper noun: former name of Selçuk: a town in İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.

ayasoluk: former name of Selçuk: a town in İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus
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Proper noun

Ayasoluk

  1. (historical) Former name of Selçuk: a town in İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.

Origin of Ayasoluk

Variant spelling of Turkish Ayasuluk and Ottoman Turkish ایاصـولق (Ayasuluk), from Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation. Doublet of Agios Theologos.

Questions about Ayasoluk

What does Ayasoluk mean?
Ayasoluk means former name of Selçuk: a town in İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.
What part of speech is Ayasoluk?
Ayasoluk is a proper noun.

Words near Ayasoluk in the dictionary

  1. Ayapaneco
  2. Ayars
  3. Ayarses
  4. ayas
  5. Ayase
  6. Ayasoluk
  7. ayat
  8. ayatolla
  9. ayatollah
  10. ayatollahs
  11. ayatollas

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