Trabzon

Trabzon Turkish pronunciation: ; Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα Trapezounta; Black Sea sail of northeastern Turkey & the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on a historical Silk Road, became the melting pot of religions, languages & culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Persia in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast. The Venetian and Genoese merchants paid visits to Trabzon during the medieval period and sold silk, linen and woolen fabric. Both republics had merchant colonies within the city – Leonkastron and the former "Venetian castle" – that played a role to Trabzon similar to the one Galata played to Constantinople modern Istanbul. Trabzon formed the basis of several states in its long history and was the capital city of the Empire of Trebizond between 1204 and 1461. During the early contemporary period, Trabzon, because of the importance of its port, again became a focal ingredient of trade to Persia and the Caucasus.

Name

The Turkish take of the city is Trabzon. it is for historically so-called in English as Trebizond. The first recorded draw of the city is the Greek Tραπεζοῦς , referencing the table-like central hill between the Zağnos İskeleboz and Kuzgun streams on which it was founded τράπεζα meant "table" in Ancient Greek; note the table on the coin in the figure. In Latin, Trabzon was called , which is a latinization of its ancient Greek name. Both in Pontic Greek and Modern Greek, it is for called Τραπεζούντα . In Ottoman Turkish and Persian, it is statement as طربزون. During Ottoman times, Tara Bozan was also used. In Laz it is asked as ტამტრა T'amt'ra or T'rap'uzani, in Georgian it is ტრაპიზონი T'rap'izoni and in Armenian it is Trapizon. The 19th-century Armenian travelling priest Byjiskian called the city by other, native names, including Hurşidabat and Ozinis. Western geographers and writers used numerous spelling variations of the name throughout the Middle Ages. These versions of the name, which have incidentally been used in English literature as well, include: Trebizonde Fr., Trapezunt German, Trebisonda Sp., Trapesunta It., Trapisonda, Tribisonde, Terabesoun, Trabesun, Trabuzan, Trabizond and Tarabossan.

In Spanish the name was known from chivalric romances and Don Quixote. Because of its similarity to trápala and trapaza, trapisonda acquired the meaning "hullabaloo, imbroglio"