Tunceli

From Turkish Tunceli.

Tunceli

2. A province in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
4. A district of Tunceli Province, Turkey.
6. A municipality, the capital of Tunceli district and Tunceli Province, Turkey, with a Zaza Kurdish majority and formerly a significant Armenian presence.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تونج ایلی (tunc eli); equivalent to tunç (“bronze”) +‎ el (“nation, people”). Before 1935, the city was known as Kalan or Mamekiye, both names of local tribes; while the province was called Dersim.

• IPA^(key): /tunˈdʒeli/

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Tunceli

1. Tunceli (a province in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey)

   Synonym: Dersim (obsolete)

2. Tunceli (a district of Tunceli Province, Turkey)
3. Tunceli (a municipality, the capital of Tunceli district and Tunceli Province, Turkey, with a Zaza Kurdish majority and formerly a significant Armenian presence)

   Synonyms: Kalan, Mameki (obsolete)

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