Sanliurfa

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.
  2. 2
    A province of Turkey around Urfa.

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Etymology

From Turkish Şanlıurfa, from şanlı (“glorious”) + Urfa in reference to its resistance to French and British invasions during the First World War.

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