Kızılhisar
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قزیل حصار (kızıl hisar). By surface analysis, kızıl (“red”) + hisar (“castle, fortress, stronghold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɯ.zɯɫ.hiˈsaɾ/
Proper noun
Kızılhisar
- Kızılhisar (a village in Banaz district, Uşak Province, Turkey)
- Synonym: Kızılcahisar (historical)
- Kızılhisar (a village in Besni district, Adıyaman Province, Turkey)
- Kızılhisar (a neighbourhood in Yenişehir district, Bursa Province, Turkey)
- (now historical) synonym of Güzelhisar (“a neighbourhood in Akyurt district”)
- (now historical) synonym of Oğuzeli (“a city and district of Turkey”)
- (now historical) synonym of Serinhisar (“a town and district of Turkey”)
- (now historical) synonym of Torbalı (“a town and district of Turkey”)
Derived terms
- Kızılhisarlı
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Kızılhisar”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)