Ada Kaleh

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (Adakale), from آطه (ada, “island”) + قله (kale, “fortress”)

Proper noun

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Ada Kaleh f

  1. (historical) An island in Romania. Submerged in 1970 during the building of a dam.
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