Turkish names are used in the country of Turkey, which is situated in western Asia and southeastern Europe. Turkey is part of the larger Muslim world. See also about Turkish names.
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Adana(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Turkish City and province in Turkey.
Addis Ababa(Settlement)English, Danish, Turkish From Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba), meaning "new flower". This is the name of the capital city of Ethiopia.
Antalya(Settlement)Turkish (Hellenized) The city was founded as “Attaleia” named after its founder, king Attalos II King of Pergamon it was a city in southern Turkey.
Aydin(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Turkish After the first capture of the city by the Turks under the emirate (Beylik) of Mentese (Menteshe), whose lands extended towards the the south who named it for a first period ... [more]
Baja California(Political Subdivision & Other)English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish Combination of Spanish bajar meaning "to go down, come down" and California, essentially meaning "Lower California". This is the name of a state in Mexico as well as a peninsula.
Balıkesir(Settlement)Turkish Most likely from Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiokastron) meaning "old castle", from παλαιός (palaios) "old" and κάστρον (kastron) "castle". This is the name of a city in Turkey.
Campeche(Political Subdivision & Settlement)English, Spanish, Turkish Derived from Kaan Peech, the name of the 16th-century Maya chiefdom meaning "place of snakes and ticks", derived from Yucatec Maya kaan meaning "snake" and peech meaning "tick"... [more]
Chiapas(Political Subdivision)English, Spanish, Turkish Plural form of Chiapa, a term commonly featured in the names of many historical Spanish settlements in the region, from Nahuatl Chiapan, from chiyan "chia seed" and suffix -pan "place of, place of the" or -apan "river, stream"... [more]
Emirgan(Settlement)Turkish, English Derived from the name Emirgune, possibly influenced by Persian suffix ـگان (-gan) meaning "pertaining to, relating to"... [more]
İzmir(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Turkish From Greek Σμύρνη (Smyrna) ultimately derived from the given name Myrrha. This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Turkey.
Karadağ(Country)Turkish Means "black mountain" from Turkish kara meaning "black" and dağ meaning "mountain". This is the Turkish name for Montenegro, from a calque of the country's Montenegrin and Serbo-Croatian name, Crna Gora.
Mağrip(Country & Region)Crimean Tatar, Turkish Crimean Tatar and Turkish form of Maghrib. It is used to refer to the country of Morocco in Crimean Tatar while it refers to the region in Turkish.
Sahra(Region)Arabic, Turkish Arabic and Turkish form of Sahara. In Arabic it is properly known as الصحراء الكبرى (as-Sahra' al-Kubra) meaning "the greatest desert".
Ternopil(Political Subdivision & Settlement)English, Ukrainian, Dutch, Turkish Means "Tarnowski's city" in Ukrainian, borrowed from Polish Tarnopol, from the Polish surname Tarnowski, named after the Hetman Jan Amor's family name, combined with Greek πόλις (pólis) "city"... [more]