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Samsun

American

[sahm-soon] / sɑmˈsun /

noun

a city in N Turkey, in Asia.

Samsun British

/ ˈsɑmsun /

noun

Ancient name: Amisus. a port in N Turkey, on the Black Sea. Pop: 395 000 (2005 est)

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It did not give an updated position for the vessel, whose location was last listed on November 21 when it was said to be travelling from the Turkish port of Samsun to Russia's Rostov-on-Don.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

It says the TQ Samsun left on Sunday - a claim backed by Reuters news agency.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023

Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on whether the ship, the Turkish-flagged TQ Samsun, had left Odesa.

From Reuters • Jul. 16, 2023

Torrential rains that pounded the Black Sea coastal provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu, Sinop and Samsun on Wednesday caused the flooding.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

Now is the Emperor within a wide And spreading orchard; there around him stand Rollánd and Olivier, Samsun the Duke, And Anseïs the bold, Gefrei d'Anjou, Gonfaloneer of Carle, and also there Gerin and Gerier.

From La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier by Rabillon, Léonce

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