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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اطهلو (adalı), from آطه (ada, “island”), from Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.daˈliw/
- Rhymes: -iw
- Hyphenation: a‧da‧liu
Noun
adaliu m (plural adalii)
- (Muntenia, historical) islander, inhabitants of the Danube islands, specifically those of Ada Kaleh
1902, V. A. Urechia, Istoria Românilor [History of Romanians], volume 10, part 2, page 57:Nu toțĭ panduriĭ necredincioși Domnieĭ, aliațĭ aĭ Adaliilor fură răpușĭ de oștirile turcescĭ.- [Nu toți pandurii necredincioși Domniei, aliați ai adaliilor, fură răpuși de oștirile turcești.]
- Not every soldier unfaithful to the Crown, allied to the islanders, had been slain by the Turkish armies.
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