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Silifke.

Silifke (a town and district of Mersin Province, Turkey)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

name/si.lif.cʰe/
  1. Silifke (a town and district of Mersin Province, Turkey)

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish سلفكه (Silifke), from Byzantine Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia, “Seleucia”), q.v., after the shift of υ (u) to a pronunciation as /f/.

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