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Roumeli

Roumeli proper noun: the area of the Greek mainland north of the Peloponnese; Central Greece, especially seen as a district of the Ottoman Empire.

Proper noun

Roumeli

  1. (historical) The area of the Greek mainland north of the Peloponnese; Central Greece, especially seen as a district of the Ottoman Empire.
    • In Roumeli, in particular, the Ottoman authorities recruited local militias, often made up of Orthodox Christians, to keep the bandits in check.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: The Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 33

Origin of Roumeli

From Ottoman Turkish روم ايلى.

Questions about Roumeli

What does Roumeli mean?
Roumeli means the area of the Greek mainland north of the Peloponnese; Central Greece, especially seen as a district of the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is Roumeli?
Roumeli is a proper noun.

Words near Roumeli in the dictionary

  1. rouly-pouly
  2. roum
  3. Roumania
  4. Roumanian
  5. Roumanians
  6. Roumeli
  7. Roumelia
  8. Roumelian
  9. Roumelians
  10. Roumeliot
  11. Roumeliote

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