تیره‌بولی

Ottoman Turkish

Tirebolu district

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from Ancient Greek τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-: three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of طرابلس.

Proper noun

تیره‌بولی • (Tirebolu)

1. Tirebolu (a town and district in Giresun province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Tirebolu
  • English: Tirebolu
• → Armenian: Թիրէպօլու (Tʻirēpōlu)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Tirebolu”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Tirebolu”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 756