Edirne

//ɛˈdiɹnɛ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province in eastern Thrace, in northwestern Turkey.
  2. 2
    A district of Edirne Province, Turkey.
  3. 3
    A municipality, the capital of Edirne district and Edirne Province, Turkey.

Etymology

From Turkish Edirne and Ottoman Turkish ادرنه (Edirne), from Byzantine Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis), from Ancient Greek Ἁδριανός (Hadrianós, “Hadrian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Adrianople and Adrianopolis.

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