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ordu

ordu is the alternative form of orda.

Meaning of orda

Noun

orda (plural ordas)

  1. (historical) A political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples, sometimes referred to as a horde.

Proper noun capitalized: Ordu

Ordu

  1. A province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
  2. A city, the capital of Ordu Province, Turkey.

Origin of ordu

From Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠳ᠋ᠤ (ordu) that came from Proto-Turkic "Ordu".

Borrowed from Turkish Ordu.

Questions about ordu

What does ordu mean?
Ordu means a province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
What is ordu the alternative form of?
Ordu is the alternative form of orda.
What part of speech is ordu?
Ordu is a proper noun.

Words near ordu in the dictionary

  1. ordre public
  2. ordrely
  3. ordres
  4. ords
  5. Ordsall
  6. ordu
  7. Ordubad
  8. Orduna
  9. Ordunas
  10. ordure
  11. ordures

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ordu (page history and authors); Ordu (page history and authors); orda (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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