English

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Proper noun

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Bitlis

  1. A city, district, and province of Turkey
    • 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. [], London: [] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, [], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 293:
      They are alſo Lords of Bitlis, and ſome other Cities and holds in thoſe parts.

Turkish

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 Bitlis on Turkish Wikipedia
 
Bitlis ili

Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish بتلیس (Bitlis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bit.lis/
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  • Hyphenation: Bi‧tlis

Proper noun

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Bitlis

  1. Bitlis (a city and district of Bitlis, Turkey)
  2. Bitlis (a province of Turkey)

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