Ismira, which was rendered as İzmir into Turkish, originally written as ازمير with the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. The region of İzmir was situated on the...

(Georgian), Զմիւռնիա or Իզմիր (Armenian /Zmyurnia or Izmiř/), Yīzīmìěr 伊兹密尔 / 伊茲密爾 (Mandarin Chinese)*, Zmyrna (Latin variant), ازمیر (Urdu), இசுமீர் (Tamil)...

to the city in pre-Turkish times. In Ottoman Turkish the town's name was ازمير Izmīr.[citation needed] The region was settled at least as of the beginning...