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Names of mountains, rivers and places Page 2

This page lists entries 75–148 of 221 (Çoruh … Kızıldağ), ordered by national rank and then alphabetically. The introduction and charts are on page 1.

All surnames in this category

The list grows as surnames are added to the dictionary.
#	Surname	Meaning	Origin	Letters
75	Çoruh	a river flowing into the Black Sea	Other	5
76	Çubuk	twig, rod	Turkic	5
77	Çukurova	plain in Adana (place name)	Turkic	8
78	Deliktaş	holed stone	Turkic	8
79	Deliorman	region on the Lower Danube; ‘wild forest’	Turkic	9
80	Denizli	the city of Denizli	Turkic	7
81	Dicle	the Tigris river	Persian	5
82	Doğançay	falcon stream	Turkic	8
83	Doluca	fairly full; village name	Turkic	6
84	Döğer	an Oghuz tribe	Turkic	5
85	Ecevit	name of the Ecevit Inn	Arabic	6
86	Edirne	city and province in Thrace	Greek	6
87	Efes	Ephesus	Greek	4
88	Ege	the Aegean	Greek	3
89	Eğribayat	a place name in Konya	Turkic	9
90	Erciyes	Mount Erciyes	Greek	7
91	Erenler	saints, holy men	Turkic	7
92	Ergene	the Ergene river in Thrace		6
93	Ergenekon	a valley of epic legend	Mongolic	9
94	Erkekli	having a man	Turkic	7
95	Erzincan	a province in eastern Anatolia		8
96	Fındıklı	place of hazelnuts; a district of Rize	Arabic	8
97	Fırat	the Euphrates	Arabic	5
98	Gerede	district of Bolu	Greek	6
99	Gerger	district in Adıyaman		6
100	German	fortress; the city of Kirman	Persian	6
101	Germiyanoğlu	after the Germiyanid principality		12
102	Göksu	blue water; the Göksu river	Turkic	5
103	Göle	Göle, a district of Ardahan	Other	4
104	Gönen	Gönen (district name)	Greek	5
105	Göztepe	place name: eye + hill	Turkic	7
106	Gülek	Gülek, the pass near Tarsus	Greek	5
107	Güllüce	place of roses; village name	Persian	7
108	Gümülcinelioğlu	son of the man from Komotini	Greek	15
109	Günaltay	sun + Altai (mountain)	Turkic	8
110	Güney	south; the sunny side	Turkic	5
111	Güngören	one who sees good days	Turkic	8
112	Gürpınar	abundant spring	Turkic	8
113	Gürsu	abundant water	Turkic	5
114	Gürzap	surging Zap river		6
115	Hazar	the Khazars; the Caspian	Turkic	5
116	Hazer	Caspian (Hazar) or ‘caution’	Turkic	5
117	Horasan	Khorasan	Persian	7
118	Ilgaz	Mount Ilgaz	Other	5
119	İçel	İçel, former name of Mersin	Turkic	4
120	İdil	the Volga; idyll	Turkic	4
121	İlgin	tamarisk	Turkic	5
122	İncesu	thin stream	Turkic	6
123	İnkaya	cave rock	Turkic	6
124	İnönü	in front of the cave; İnönü town	Turkic	5
125	İrem	garden of paradise	Arabic	4
126	Kale	fortress	Arabic	4
127	Kaman	Kaman, a district of Kırşehir; bow		5
128	Karadağ	black mountain	Turkic	7
129	Karadeniz	the Black Sea	Turkic	9
130	Karaköse	former name of Ağrı; “dark beardless”	Persian	8
131	Karaman	Karaman (place name)	Turkic	7
132	Karamanlı	from Karaman	Turkic	9
133	Karapınar	Karapınar (place): “black spring”	Turkic	9
134	Karasu	black water; stream and place name	Turkic	6
135	Karatay	black colt	Turkic	7
136	Karpat	the Carpathian Mountains	Other	6
137	Kars	the province and city of Kars	Other	4
138	Kartaltepe	eagle hill	Turkic	10
139	Kaş	eyebrow; edge, cliff	Turkic	3
140	Kavala	the city of Kavala		6
141	Kayabaşı	top of the rock; a folk tune	Turkic	8
142	Kaynarca	spring	Turkic	8
143	Kemer	belt; arch	Persian	5
144	Keşmir	Kashmir	Other	6
145	Kırcalı	old name of Kırcaali (Kardzhali)		7
146	Kırkpınar	forty springs	Turkic	9
147	Kışlalı	of the winter quarters	Turkic	7
148	Kızıldağ	red mountain	Turkic	8