Edirne

Meaning

Proper Noun

city in eastern Thrace (region) in northwestern Turkey (country), close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria; formerly called Adrianople.

Origin

Borrowed from Turkish Edirne, from earlier Edrene, from Edrenebol, from Byzantine Greek Ἀδριανούπολις, from Ancient Greek Ἁδριανούπολις. Adrianople.

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