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Iznik

British  
/ ɪzˈnɪk /

noun

  1. the modern Turkish name of Nicaea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We also have the Iznik kilns in Turkey, which are still operating today, and influences into Southeast Asia, and so on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Turkey is now seeking the repatriation of other antiquities taken during the Ottoman era: an ancient marble torso called the "Old Fisherman" from Berlin, and dozens of Iznik tiles held at France's Louvre museum.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

IZNIK, Turkey—Archaeologist Mustafa Şahin spent years studying the area around Lake Iznik, near Istanbul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

A key moment of the trip will take place in the Turkish town of Iznik, the site of the ancient city of Nicaea.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

Nicean: Nicaea, the modern Iznik in Turkey, was anciently a Greek province.

From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Margaret Spraque Carhart

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