Turkey
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: turkey
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French Turquie, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian ترک (Turk), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from an Old Turkic autonym, Türk or Türük.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtəː.ki/
- (US) enPR: tûr'kē, IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.ki/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: turkey
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Proper noun[edit]
Turkey
- Country at the intersection of Europe and Asia on the Mediterranean. Official name: Republic of Turkey.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
country at intersection of Europe and Asia
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See also[edit]
- Appendix:Place names in Turkey
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)
- Appendix:Countries of the world
Categories:
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- English terms derived from Old Turkic
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Countries
- en:Countries of Europe
- en:Countries of Asia
- en:Exonyms
- en:Turkey