Şanlıurfa

Şanlıurfa

2. A province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey, with a Kurdish majority.
4. A city, the capital of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey, commonly called Urfa.

From şanlı (“glorious”) +‎ Urfa in references to its defense against French and British invasion during World War I, from Ottoman Turkish اورفه and اورفا (Urfa), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (ʾUrhāy).

• IPA^(key): [ʃänˈɫɯuɾfä]

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• Hyphenation: Şan‧lı‧ur‧fa

Şanlıurfa

1. Şanlıurfa (a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey, with a Kurdish majority)
2. Şanlıurfa, Urfa (a city, the capital of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey, commonly called Urfa)

• (both): Urfa (chiefly historical)

• Şanlıurfalı

• English: Sanliurfa