Kayseri

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
  2. 2
    A city, the capital of Kayseri Province, Turkey.

Etymology

From Turkish Kayseri and Ottoman Turkish قیصری (Kayseri), from Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ea in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Caesarea and Cherchell.

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