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Edirne
//ɛˈdiɹnɛ// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A province in eastern Thrace, in northwestern Turkey.
- 2 A district of Edirne Province, Turkey.
- 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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