Harran

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English

Proper noun

Harran

  1. a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey
  2. an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, which was a major Assyrian commercial, cultural, and religious center

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Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Harran ilçesi

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حران, from Arabic حَرَّان (ḥarrān)

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Proper noun

Harran

  1. A town and district of Şanlıurfa, Turkey

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  • English: Harran
  • Latin: harranēnsis