Definition of Edirne

1. Noun. A city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

Exact synonyms: Adrianople, Adrianopolis
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Republic Of Turkey, Turkey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edirne

Edgar
Edgar Albert Guest
Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Douglas Adrian
Edgar Guest
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Wallace
Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
Edgard Varese
Edge Island
Ediacaran
Edinburgh
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Edington
Edirne (current term)
Edison
Edith
Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavell
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
Edith Piaf
Edith Wharton
Edlefsen's reagent
Edlyn
Edman's reagent
Edman method
Edman reagent
Edmonchuk

Literary usage of Edirne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Turkey by Heike Brockmann, Tim Kelsey, Asli Uler (1998)
"Edirne Thrace, in Turkish, Trakya, is the southeasternmost tip of the Balkans ... The history of Edirne is the history of Thrace, written for the most part ..."

2. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The Baha'i community currently is fighting a legal battle against government expropriation of a sacred Baha'i site near Edirne. ..."

3. Byzantine Constantinople, the Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites by Alexander Van Millingen (1899)
"... a Church of St. George,2 the guardian of the entrance, and that a Byzantine church dedicated to that saint stood immediately to the south-east of Edirne ..."

4. Greece: Mainland & Peloponnese by Wolfgang Josing (2000)
"From here you can see the minarets of the Selimiye Camii in Edirne, on the Turkish side. This mosque, with its perfect dome, was designed by the architect ..."

5. The Three Eras of Ottoman History: A Political Essay on the Late Reforms of by James Henry Skene (1851)
"... each composed of parishes (Mahalle, or Carie), The Eyalet of Edirne- (Thrace) contains the provinces of ..."

6. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"On 4 February (1533) Suleiman had left the Bosporus to go hunting with Ibrahim Pasha at Adrianople (Edirne). It was at the sultan's behest that Jerome of ..."

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