Etymology

Abus gun

Today it means: An early kind of howitzer developed by the Ottoman Empire. Full definition →

Turkish obüs
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  1. Turkish · derived fromobüs“howitzer”
  2. English todayAbus gun

From Turkish obüs (“howitzer”).

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