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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k/

Etymology 1 edit

 
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.

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Grand Turk

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