Adana

[ ah-dah-nah ]

/ ˈɑ dɑˌnɑ /

noun

a city in S Turkey, on the Seyhan River.

Also called Seyhan.

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Examples from the Web for adana

They went to Adana the same day, and started that night a second massacre more terrible than the first.
The Red Rugs of Tarsus|Helen Davenport Gibbons
We were summoned to pay a state visit to the Vali of Adana and were accompanied by his secretary, who talked French.
By Desert Ways to Baghdad|Louisa Jebb
I did not ask Herbert any more about his interrupted story of the days in Adana.
The Red Rugs of Tarsus|Helen Davenport Gibbons
This is the only real medical care the people of Adana receive—and it is a city of sixty thousand!
The Red Rugs of Tarsus|Helen Davenport Gibbons

The Sultan made over to his viceroy all of Syria and a part of Adana.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for adana

Adana

/ (ˈædənə) /

noun

a city in S Turkey, capital of Adana province. Pop: 1 248 000 (2005 est)Also called: Seyhan

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