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gelibolu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
geli-bolu
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city on the Gallipoli Pensinsula in Turkey.

Etymology

From Turkish Gelibolu, from Ottoman Turkish گلیبولی (Gelibolu), from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis), from the combining form of Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty, beautiful”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Callipolis, Kallipolis, and Gallipoli.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Gelibolu, گلیبولی, Καλλίπολις, κάλλος

Synonyms

Gallipoli Callipolis Kallipolis

Questions

What does gelibolu mean?
A city on the Gallipoli Pensinsula in Turkey.
Where does gelibolu come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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