گلیبولی

Ottoman Turkish

Gelibolu district

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “City of Beauty”).

Proper noun

گلیبولی • (Gelibolu)

Gallipoli (a town and district in Çanakkale province, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Gelibolu
→ Armenian: Կէլիպօլու (Kēlipōlu)

Further reading

Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Gelibolu”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Gelibolu”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 283

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