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Hamadiye

Hamadiye noun: well-armed, irregular, mainly Sunni Kurdish cavalry formations that operated in the southeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

Noun

Hamadiye pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Well-armed, irregular, mainly Sunni Kurdish cavalry formations that operated in the southeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

Forms of Hamadiye

alternative formHamidieh

Origin of Hamadiye

Established in 1891 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and named after him.

Questions about Hamadiye

What does Hamadiye mean?
Hamadiye means well-armed, irregular, mainly Sunni Kurdish cavalry formations that operated in the southeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is Hamadiye?
Hamadiye is a noun.

Words near Hamadiye in the dictionary

  1. Hamadan
  2. hamadarin
  3. hamadas
  4. hamade
  5. hamades
  6. Hamadiye
  7. hamadryad
  8. hamadryades
  9. hamadryadic
  10. hamadryads
  11. hamadryas

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