Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balıkesir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: balıke-sir
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara.

name

A city, the capital of Balıkesir Province, Turkey.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Balıkesir.

Synonyms

Hadrianotherae Hadrianoutherai

Questions

What does balıkesir mean?: A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara.
Where does balıkesir come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Balıkesir.

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