English
Roumeli
Roumeli comes from Ottoman Turkish روم ايلى.
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928روم ايلى
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Roumeli
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928روم ايلى
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Roumeli
Earliest quotation: 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: The Biography of a Modern Nation: “In Roumeli, in particular, the Ottoman authorities recruited local…”
Every English word from Ottoman Turkish روم ايلى
Today it means
name The area of the Greek mainland north of the Peloponnese; Central Greece, especially seen as a district of the Ottoman Empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ottoman Turkish روم ايلى / Roumeli