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çanakkale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
canakkale
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.

name

A district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

name

A municipality, the capital city of Çanakkale district and Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Çanakkale, from Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه (Çanak Kalʼe, literally “Fortress of Pots”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: چناق قلعه

Questions

What does çanakkale mean?
A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.
Where does çanakkale come from?
Borrowed from Turkish Çanakkale, from Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه (Çanak Kalʼe, literally “Fortress of Pots”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

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