Etymology

Çanakkale

Today it means: A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles. Full definition →

Turkish Çanakkale ← Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromچناق قلعه
  2. Turkish · borrowed fromÇanakkale
  3. English todayÇanakkale

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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