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Tunceli.

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

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

name/tunˈd͡ʒe.li/
  1. Tunceli (a province in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey)

  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)

Where this word comes from

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.

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