Gümüşçay
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كموش چای (gümüş çay). By surface analysis, gümüş (“silver”) + çay (“rivulet, brook”).
Proper noun
Gümüşçay
- Gümüşçay (a town in Biga district, Çanakkale Province, Turkey)
- Synonyms: Dimetoka, Güvercinlik (historical)
- Gümüşçay (a village in Alaşehir district, Manisa Province, Turkey)
- Synonym: Caber Delimusalı (historical)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Gümüşçay”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)