قره بوك
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From قره (kara, “black”) + بوك (bük, “thicket”); this city developed in the 20th century due to the presence of steel factories.
Proper noun[edit]
- Karabük (a city and province in West Black Sea region, Turkey)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: Karabük
Further reading[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Karabük”, 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) “Karabük”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 414