Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek Καβάλα (Kavála).

Proper noun edit

قواله (Kavala)

  1. Kavala (a city in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece).

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: Kavala
  • Armenian: Գավալա (Gavala)

Further reading edit

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kavala”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 438