Keçiören

Turkish

Keçiören ilçesi

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كچیوران (Kiçivirân, Kiçiören, “small ruins”). The first part is unrelated to keçi (“goat”), but rather a dissimilation of older *kiçi (“small”), from Proto-Turkic *kičüg (“small”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce.tʃi.ø.ɾɛn/

Proper noun

Keçiören

  1. A district of Ankara, Turkey

Declension

Derived terms

  • Keçiörenli

Further reading

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