Balıkesir

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Balıkesir.

Balıkesir

2. A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara.
4. A city, the capital of Balıkesir Province, Turkey.

• Hadrianotherae, Hadrianoutherai (historical)

• railbikes

From Ottoman Turkish بالیكسر, perhaps from Byzantine Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κάστρον (kástron, “castle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.ɫɯ.ce.siɾ/

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• Hyphenation: Ba‧lı‧ke‧sir

Balıkesir

1. Balıkesir (a province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara)
2. Balıkesir (a city, the capital of Balıkesir Province, Turkey)

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