Gaziantep

[ gah-zee-ahn-tep ]

noun

a city in southern Turkey in Asia.

Formerly Ain·tab [ahyn-tahb] /aɪnˈtɑb/ .

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How to use Gaziantep in a sentence

A letter from Gaziantep, who are the protestors in Ferguson and Mary Martin and Peter Pan.
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In Gaziantep, where there is a small Kurdish population, Thursday night the streets were filled with the sounds of urban battle.
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Gaziantep is famous for its baklava and this batch of twenty was expensive.
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British Dictionary definitions for Gaziantep

Gaziantep

/ (ˌɡɑːziːɑːnˈtɛp) /

noun

a city in S Turkey: base for Ibrahim Pasha's campaign against the Turks (1839) and centre of Turkish resistance to French forces (1921). Pop: 1 004 000 (2005 est): Former name (until 1921): Aintab

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