روم‌ایلی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From روم (rum, “Roman”) + ایل (il, el, “land, country”).

Proper noun

روم‌ایلی • (Rumeli, Rumili)

Rumelia

Descendants

Turkish: Rumeli

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “روم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 994

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