Grand Turk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k/

Etymology 1

A view of the southwestern beach at Grand Turk, next to the cruise ship dock

From a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which has a distinctive cap reminiscent of an Ottoman fez.

Proper noun

Grand Turk

1. Ellipsis of Grand Turk Island, the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Translations

an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands

• Lithuanian: Grand Terkas
• Russian: Гранд-Те́рк m (Grand-Térk)
• Spanish: Isla Gran Turca f

Etymology 2

Noun

Grand Turk (plural Grand Turks)

1. (archaic) A sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
   • 1868 March, “[Review of] Annual Reports of Insurance Companies, Good, Bad, and Indifferent […]”, in The National Quarterly Review, volume 16, number 32, page 404:

     Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]

See also

• Great Mogul