Kayseri
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
- 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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