ANTIOFILAS (ANTIFILA) – SMIL – SINIL – ISMAIL – IZMAIL: ETHNIC HISTORY OF THE REGION AND OPTIONS OF CITY NAMES
Journal: Opera in onomastica
Year: 2025

Introduction. The article offers a historical-linguistic analysis of all known historical variants of the modern oikonym Izmail of the Odesa region: Antiophilas / Antiphila, Smil, Sinil, Simil, Ishmasl, Ismail Gechidi, Ismail / Ismael, Smail, Tuchkov. The connection of each name with the corresponding period of the history of this region has been traced – Ancient Greek, Old Slavic, Eastern Romance (Moldavian), Turkic (Turkish and Tatar) and Russian. Purpose. The author carried out a structural-s