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Samsun

Samsun proper noun: a province and metropolitan municipality in northern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.

Proper noun

Samsun

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

Origin of Samsun

From Turkish Samsun, from Ottoman Turkish صامسون (Samsun).

Questions about Samsun

What does Samsun mean?
Samsun means a province and metropolitan municipality in northern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
What part of speech is Samsun?
Samsun is a proper noun.

Words near Samsun in the dictionary

  1. Samsui
  2. Samsui chicken
  3. Samsui woman
  4. Samsui women
  5. samsum
  6. Samsun
  7. Samsung
  8. Samsungs
  9. Samsø
  10. samtaegeuk
  11. Samtenling

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