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Meaning of "Iskenderun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ISKENDERUN

Iskenderun  [ɪsˈkɛndəˌruːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISKENDERUN

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Iskenderun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ISKENDERUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Iskenderun

İskenderun

İskenderun is a city and district in the province of Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It was originally named Alexandria near Issos and later Alexandretta. The current mayor is Yusuf Hamit Civelek.

Definition of Iskenderun in the English dictionary

The definition of Iskenderun in the dictionary is a port in S Turkey, on the Gulf of Iskenderun. Pop: 161 000 Former name: Alexandretta.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISKENDERUN


Cameroon
ˌkæməˈruːn
croon
kruːn
Duntroon
dʌnˈtruːn
gadroon
ɡəˈdruːn
Gudrun
ˈɡʊdruːn
Kamerun
ˈkaməruːn
kroon
kruːn
macaroon
ˌmækəˈruːn
maroon
məˈruːn
octaroon
ˌɒktəˈruːn
octoroon
ˌɒktəˈruːn
patroon
pəˈtruːn
picaroon
ˌpɪkəˈruːn
poltroon
pɒlˈtruːn
prune
pruːn
quadroon
kwɒˈdruːn
quintroon
kwɪnˈtruːn
roon
ruːn
rune
ruːn
strewn
struːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISKENDERUN

Ishiguro
Ishmael
Ishmaelite
Ishmaelitism
Ishtar
Isidore of Seville
isinglass
Isis
isit
Iskander Bey
Isl.
Isla de la Juventud
Isla de Pascua
Islam
Islamabad
Islamic
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic fundamentalists
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Mauritania

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISKENDERUN

cut and run
end run
forerun
fun run
green run
hit-and-run
home run
in the long run
in the short run
Lebrun
on the run
outrun
overrun
print run
rerun
run
state-run
test run
trial run
underrun

Synonyms and antonyms of Iskenderun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Iskenderun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ISKENDERUN

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Translator English - Chinese

伊斯肯德伦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Iskenderun
570 millions of speakers

English

Iskenderun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Iskenderun
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاسكندرونة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Искендерун
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Iskenderun
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Iskenderun
260 millions of speakers

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Iskenderun
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Iskenderun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Iskenderun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イスケンデルン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이스 켄 데룬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Iskenderun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Iskenderun
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Iskenderun
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इस्केंडरन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İskenderun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Iskenderun
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Iskenderun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Іскендерун
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Iskenderun
30 millions of speakers
el

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Αλεξανδρέττα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Iskenderun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Iskenderun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Iskenderun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Iskenderun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISKENDERUN»

The term «Iskenderun» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ISKENDERUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Iskenderun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Iskenderun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Iskenderun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISKENDERUN»

Discover the use of Iskenderun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Iskenderun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical ...
This increase in the traffic of Iskenderun during the nineteenth century occurred despite the continuation of the problems of infrastructure that had bedeviled it since its inception. The first was the lack of an adequate road between Iskenderun ...
Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley, 2007
2
Lonely Planet Turkey
%0326 / pop 300,000 İskenderun – a translation of Alexandretta – is a modern industrial town with a working port and a naval sense of order. Strategically located, the town has more than once changed ruling hands. Alexander the Great took ...
James Bainbridge, 2010
3
Turkey Real Estate Yearbook 2007
Products manufactured in Hatay are primarily shipped from the Iskenderun Harbor through the Cilvegözü Customs Gate to the Middle East. In the shipping sector, Hatay ranks just second behind Istanbul in terms of its fleet size. Shipping  ...
Fehim Genc, M. Dijkman
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Turkey
İskenderun was occupied by the English in 1918, turned over to the French in 1919, and incorporated into the French Protectorate of Syria as the Sanjak of Alexandretta. In 1938 Atatürk reclaimed it for the Turkish Republic. There's nothing to ...
‎2007
5
Turkey
Along the coast, as soon as you have passed Toprakkale and have the Gulf of Iskenderun in sight, you will be on the plain where one of the most significant battles of ancient history was fought. Getting Around The Hatay is off the major routes, ...
Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, 2000
6
The Middle East Today
However, successful integration of Kurds in Syria has not been an obstacle to development of a strong Kurdish separatist movement in Iraq (see chapter 15). Iskenderun The old Osmanli sanjak of Iskenderun (Alexandretta), also within Aleppo, ...
Don Peretz, 1994
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The Dublin University Magazine
The run from Trieste to Alexandria is about 130 miles shorter than that to Iskenderun from the same ]>ort ; but practical men affirm that the latter has many advantages, particularly during the heavy gales of the winter months, when the vessel is ...
‎1850
8
Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Eastern Mediterranean Enroute
Iskenderun. Korfezi. 5.2 Antakya Korfezi (Bay of Antioch) (36°00'N., 35°51'E.) lies between Akinci Burnu and Ras al Basit, 28 miles S. Its shores are fringed with rocks and shoals which extend up to 0.3 mile seaward in places. Kassab Bay (35  ...
‎2005
9
Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XVI
Location and Physical Characteristics of the Region The Iskenderun Region is located between the Mediterranean Sea and Amanos mountain range where peaks reach up to 1700m high from sea level. This gulf region forms a narrow coastal ...
C. Borrego, Selahattin Incecik, 2004
10
The Mediterranean coast Rough Guides Snapshot Turkey ...
Antakya (ancient Antioch), a cosmopolitan city and gastronomic centre set in the valley of the Asi River, and Iskenderun, a heavily industrialized port, are the two main destinations. The region only became part of modern Turkey in 1939, ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISKENDERUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Iskenderun is used in the context of the following news items.
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The revolution comes to the Middle East: about the past & future of ISIS
And then, in 1939, the French ceded the Alexandretta (Iskenderun) district – comprising about 40 per cent of what was left of Syria's coastline ... «Fabius Maximus website, Jul 15»
2
Turkish Scrap import prices plummet further to $246 a ton
ANKARA (Scrap Register): Turkish HMS 1/2 80:20 scrap import average prices (CFR Iskenderun Port, Turkey) plummeted further by $12 a ton ... «Metal.com News, Jul 15»
3
WWI prisoners' belongings displayed at British parliament
"The map shows how British prisoners captured in Yozgat could go to the Iskenderun Gulf. Twenty seven prisoners escaped from Yozgat and ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
4
NOAA Issues Proposed Rule on Listing Three Angelshark Species …
(2005)), with the first actual description of a specimen caught in this area from Iskenderun Bay in 1997 (Basusta 2002); however, by 2004, ... «Targeted News Service, Jul 15»
5
Bakanlık kurup TL'ye geçtiler!
İsrail'de yayınlanan Haaretz gazetesi, İskenderun ile Halep arasındaki geçiş noktası olan Bal-al Hava sınır kapısında 'Muhaliflerin' ilk devlet ... «Türkiye, Jul 15»
6
Sykes-Picot: The Western agreement that sealed the Middle East's …
İskenderun would have a free port area, while Jerusalem would be a free city. Sykes, who changed his role from "pro-Turks" to "pro-Zionists," ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
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Turkish HMS 1/2 80:20 Scrap import prices plummet to $258 a ton
ANKARA (Scrap Register): Turkish HMS 1/2 80:20 scrap import average prices (CFR Iskenderun Port, Turkey) plummeted by $15 a ton ... «Metal.com News, Jul 15»
8
Hugh Roberts
And then, in 1939, the French ceded the Alexandretta (Iskenderun) district – comprising about 40 per cent of what was left of Syria's coastline ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
9
''Çuval''ın yıl dönümü! TGB'liler müzik notasıyla değil Çuvala çuvalla …
TGB'liler bu eylemleri 20 Ekim 2011'de Bodrum'da, 22 Ocak 2013'de İskenderun'da, 13 Kasım 2014'te de İstanbul'da gerçekleştirdi. Eylemleri ... «Ulusal Kanal, Jul 15»
10
Tracing the path of Miss Bell
She has met the last (retired) honorary British Consul of Iskenderun, found the last men of Jewish Antakya, and walked on ancient roads rarely ... «Fethiye Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Iskenderun [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/iskenderun>. May 2024 ».
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