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Tunceli

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English

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Etymology

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From Turkish Tunceli.

Proper noun

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Tunceli

  1. A province in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
  2. A district of Tunceli Province, Turkey.
  3. A municipality, the capital of Tunceli district and Tunceli Province, Turkey, with a Zaza Kurdish majority and formerly a significant Armenian presence.

Turkish

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 Tunceli on Turkish Wikipedia
Tunceli ili
Tunceli'nin ilçeleri

Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تونج ایلی (tunc eli); equivalent to tunç (bronze) +‎ el (nation, people). Before 1935, the city was known as Kalan or Mamekiye, both names of local tribes; while the province was called Dersim.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tunˈd͡ʒe.li/
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Proper noun

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Tunceli

  1. Tunceli (a province in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey)
    Synonym: Dersim (obsolete)
  2. Tunceli (a district of Tunceli Province, Turkey)
  3. Tunceli (a municipality, the capital of Tunceli district and Tunceli Province, Turkey, with a Zaza Kurdish majority and formerly a significant Armenian presence)
    Synonyms: Kalan, Mameki (obsolete)

Declension

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Declension of Tunceli
singular plural
nominative Tunceli Tunceliler / Tunceli'ler
accusative Tunceli'yi Tuncelileri / Tunceli'leri
dative Tunceli'ye Tuncelilere / Tunceli'lere
locative Tunceli'de Tuncelilerde / Tunceli'lerde
ablative Tunceli'den Tuncelilerden / Tunceli'lerden
genitive Tunceli'nin Tuncelilerin / Tunceli'lerin

Derived terms

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See also

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