چناق قلعه

Ottoman Turkish

Çanakkale province

Alternative forms

چناق قلعه‌سی (Çanak Kalʿesi)

Etymology

From چناق (çanak, “earthenware pot, bowl”) + قلعه (kalʿe, “fortress”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

Proper noun

چناق قلعه • (Çanak Kalʿe)

Çanakkale (a city and province in the West Marmara region, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Çanakkale
- → English: Çanakkale

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Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چناق قلعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 731
Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Çanakkale”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 170

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