English Explanatory Dictionary

Edirne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province in eastern Thrace, in northwestern Turkey.
  2. A district of Edirne Province, Turkey.
  3. A municipality, the capital of Edirne district and Edirne Province, Turkey.

Pronunciation

/ɛˈdiɹnɛ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Edirne.wav

Word forms

Edirne

Etymology

From Turkish Edirne and Ottoman Turkish ادرنه (Edirne), from Byzantine Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis), from Ancient Greek Ἁδριανός (Hadrianós, “Hadrian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Adrianople and Adrianopolis.

Synonyms

Adrianople Adrianopolis
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