Etymology

Sanliurfa

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Today it means: Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey. Full definition →

Turkish Şanlıurfa
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  1. Turkish · borrowed fromŞanlıurfa
  2. English todaySanliurfa

From Turkish Şanlıurfa, from şanlı (“glorious”) + Urfa in reference to its resistance to French and British invasions during the First World War.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.