Etymology

kars

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Today it means: A province in northeastern Turkey. Full definition →

Turkish Kars ← Ottoman Turkish قارص ← Armenian Կարս
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  1. Armenian · borrowed fromԿարս
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromقارص
  3. Turkish · borrowed fromKars
  4. English todayKars

From Turkish Kars, Ottoman Turkish قارص (Kars), and Armenian Կարս (Kars). As a New Brunswick parish, named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in the Crimean War.

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