Kumkale
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوم قلعه (kum kalʼe). By surface analysis, kum (“sand”) + kale (“castle, fortress”).
Proper noun
Kumkale
Derived terms
- Kumkaleli
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Kumkale”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)