Semadirek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سمادیرك (semadirek), from Byzantine Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē), from Ancient Greek Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lies.

Proper noun

Semadirek

  1. Samothrace (an island in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece)

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