English Explanatory Dictionary

Çanakkale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.
  2. A district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.
  3. A municipality, the capital city of Çanakkale district and Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

Word forms

Çanakkale

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Çanakkale, from Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه (Çanak Kalʼe, literally “Fortress of Pots”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

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