Grand Turk

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k/

Etymology 1

A view of the southwestern beach at Grand Turk, next to the cruise ship dock

From a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which has a distinctive cap reminiscent of an Ottoman fez.

Proper noun

Grand Turk

  1. Ellipsis of Grand Turk Island, the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Etymology 2

Noun

Grand Turk (plural Grand Turks)

  1. (archaic) A sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
    • 1868 March, “ Annual Reports of Insurance Companies, Good, Bad, and Indifferent ”, in The National Quarterly Review, volume 16, number 32, page 404:
      Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk []
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