Abus gun

noun

An early kind of howitzer developed by the Ottoman Empire.

OriginTurkish obüs →
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Meanings

nounAbus gun (plural Abus guns)

plural Abus guns

  1. historicalraregovernmentAn early kind of howitzer developed by the Ottoman Empire.

Origin

  1. Turkishobüs“howitzer”
  2. EnglishAbus gun

From Turkish obüs (“howitzer”).

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Chicago

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