بالیكسر

Ottoman Turkish

Balıkesir province

Etymology

Perhaps from Byzantine Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κάστρον (kástron, “castle”).

Proper noun

بالیكسر • (Balıkesir)

1. Balıkesir (a city and province in West Marmara region, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Balıkesir

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Balıkesir”, 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) “Balıkesir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 85