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Ordu
Ordu comes from Ottoman Turkish اردو ‘military camp’, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *ordu.
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*ordu‘army camp’reconstructed
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928اردوOrdu‘military camp’
- Turkish1928–presentOrdu
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*ordu‘army camp’reconstructed
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928اردوOrdu‘military camp’
- Turkish1928–presentOrdu
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Turkic *ordu ‘army camp’
Today it means
name A province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Turkic *ordu / Ordu