Geographical name changes in Turkey name changes have continued to retain their Greek origins. For example, the modern name "İzmir" derives from the former Greek name Σμύρνη "Smyrna", through the first two syllables of the phrase "εις Σμύρνην" (pronounced "is Smirnin"), which means "to Smyrna" in Greek. A similar etymology also applies to other Turkish cities with former Greek names, such as İznik (from the phrase "is Nikaean", meaning "to Nicaea"), Istanbul (from the phrase "is tan Polin" or "to the City"), or even for the Greek island of Kos, called "İstanköy" in Turkish. Nişanyan estimates that 4,200 Greek geographical locations have been changed, the
Huia as "tapu" (sacred), and the wearing of its skin or feathers was reserved for people of high status. The genus name, "Heteralocha", derives from Ancient Greek "ἕτερος" "different" and "ἄλοχος" "wife". It refers to the striking difference in bill shape between male and female. The specific name, "acutirostris", derives from Latin "acutus", meaning "sharp pointed", and "rostrum", meaning "beak", and refers to the beak of the female. John Gould described the huia in 1836 as two species: "Neomorpha acutirostris" based on a female specimen, and "N. crassirostris" based on a male specimen—the epithet "crassirostris" derives from the Latin "crassus", meaning