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Malatya

Malatya proper noun: a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.

Proper noun

Malatya

  1. A province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
  2. A city, the capital of Malatya Province, Turkey, formerly Armenian.
    Synonyms:
    Melitene

Malatya meaning in Persian

Malatya in Persian

city in Turkey — see also Melitene
ملطیه malatiye

Synonyms of Malatya

Origin of Malatya

From Turkish Malatya and Ottoman Turkish ملاطیه (Malatya), from Byzantine Greek Μελιτηνή (Melitēnḗ), from Ancient Greek. Doublet of Melitene.

Questions about Malatya

What does Malatya mean?
Malatya means a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
What is Malatya in Persian?
Malatya in Persian is ملطیه (malatiye). See Malatya meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is Malatya?
Malatya is a proper noun.

Words near Malatya in the dictionary

  1. malates
  2. Malatestan
  3. malathion
  4. malathions
  5. Malati
  6. Malatya
  7. Malaubang
  8. malaun
  9. Malaunay
  10. malauns
  11. Malavar

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