Mersin
Mersin proper noun: a province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
Proper noun
Mersin
- A province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
- Just before 2 p.m., we entered Neco Tantuni, a one-room restaurant in Enfield that specializes in tantuni (meat fried in cottonseed oil, garnished with tomatoes, parsley, and onion, and rolled up in a dürüm wrap), a street food from Mersin, in southern Turkey.2023 March 8, Sam Knight, “The Writer Changing How London Thinks About Its Food”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023
- A city, the capital of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Mersin meaning in Persian
Mersin in Persian
- city
- مرسین marsin
Forms of Mersin
| alternative form (dated) | Mersina |
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Origin of Mersin
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرسین (mersin, “myrtle; Mersin”).
Questions about Mersin
- What does Mersin mean?
- Mersin means a province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
- What is Mersin in Persian?
- Mersin in Persian is مرسین (marsin). See Mersin meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is Mersin?
- Mersin is a proper noun.
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