Gelibolu
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city on the Gallipoli Pensinsula in Turkey.
Etymology
From Turkish Gelibolu, from Ottoman Turkish گلیبولی (Gelibolu), from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis), from the combining form of Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty, beautiful”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Callipolis, Kallipolis, and Gallipoli.
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