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Giresun

Today it means: A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. Full definition →

Turkish Giresun ← Ottoman Turkish گیرهسون

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Ottoman Turkish · derived fromگیرهسون
Turkish · borrowed fromGiresun
English todayGiresun

Borrowed from Turkish Giresun, from Ottoman Turkish گیرهسون (Giresun). Doublet of cherry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.