آقحصار

Ottoman Turkish

Akhisar district

Etymology

Compound of آق (ak, “white”) +‎ حصار (hisar, “fortress”). This place is the site of the ancient city of Thyatira, one of the Seven churches of Asia mentioned in the biblical book of Revelation.

Proper noun

آقحصار • (akhisar)

1. Akhisar (a town and district in Manisa province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Akhisar

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Akhisar”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Akhisar”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 19