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Sanliurfa

Sanliurfa proper noun: synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.

Proper noun

Sanliurfa

  1. Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.
    Synonyms:
    Urfa
  2. A province of Turkey around Urfa.

Synonyms of Sanliurfa

Origin of Sanliurfa

From Turkish Şanlıurfa, from şanlı (“glorious”) + Urfa in reference to its resistance to French and British invasions during the First World War.

Questions about Sanliurfa

What does Sanliurfa mean?
Sanliurfa means synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.
What part of speech is Sanliurfa?
Sanliurfa is a proper noun.

Words near Sanliurfa in the dictionary

  1. sanky
  2. sanky-pankies
  3. sanky-panky
  4. sankyu
  5. sankyuu
  6. Sanliurfa
  7. Sanma
  8. sanmai
  9. sanman
  10. Sanmartin
  11. sanmartinite

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