گوله

Ottoman Turkish

Göle District

Etymology 1

From Georgian კოლა (ḳola). The town was previously known as مرده‌نیك (Merdenik).

Proper noun

گوله • (Göle)

1. Göle (a town and district in Ardahan province, Turkey)

   Synonym: مرده‌نیك (Merdenik) (obsolete)

Descendants

• Turkish: Göle
• → Greek: Γκιόλε (Gkióle)

Further reading

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• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Göle”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Göle”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 299

Etymology 2

Noun

گوله • (gülle)

1. alternative spelling of گله (gülle, “cannonball”)

Further reading

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• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گوله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1601