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Names of mountains, rivers and places Page 3

This page lists entries 149–221 of 221 (Kızılırmak … Yeşilyurt), 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
149	Kızılırmak	the Kızılırmak, “red river”	Turkic	10
150	Kızıltepe	district in Mardin; ‘red hill’	Turkic	9
151	Kocatepe	great hill	Turkic	8
152	Kolukısa	short-armed	Turkic	8
153	Korkut	name of Dede Korkut	Turkic	6
154	Kosova	Kosovo (place name)	Other	6
155	Kozan	from Kozan (place name)		5
156	Kozanoğlu	the Kozanoğlu principality; Kozan		9
157	Kozlu	with walnuts; district in Zonguldak	Persian	5
158	Kozluca	walnut place (village name)	Persian	7
159	Köybaşı	head of the village	Turkic	7
160	Kuban	the Kuban river and region		5
161	Kula	dun (horse colour); Kula	Turkic	4
162	Kumru	collared dove	Arabic	5
163	Kuran	founder, one who sets up	Turkic	5
164	Kuruçay	dry brook	Turkic	7
165	Maden	ore, mine; metal	Arabic	5
166	Mardin	from Mardin (province)	Other	6
167	Marmara	the Sea of Marmara	Greek	7
168	Menderes	the Meander river	Greek	8
169	Menemencioğlu	son of the Menemenci	Other	13
170	Menteşe	hinge; name of a principality	Persian	7
171	Meriç	the Maritsa river	Other	5
172	Muğan	the Mughan plain	Other	5
173	Muratdağı	Murat Mountain	Turkic	9
174	Onan	the Onon river; “may he prosper”	Mongolic	4
175	Ordu	Ordu province; army	Turkic	4
176	Orhon	the Orkhon River		5
177	Orhun	the Orkhon river		5
178	Orta	middle; moderate	Turkic	4
179	Ören	ruins, ruined site	Turkic	4
180	Örkün	the Orkhon river		5
181	Özalp	true hero, noble hero	Turkic	5
182	Öztuna	pure Danube	Other	6
183	Özvardar	öz + the river Vardar	Greek	8
184	Pamir	mountain range in Central Asia	Other	5
185	Pasin	place name in Erzurum		5
186	Pazar	market, bazaar	Persian	5
187	Pınarbaşı	head of the spring	Turkic	9
188	Sakarya	the Sakarya river and province	Greek	7
189	Sarıyer	district of Istanbul; ‘yellow place’	Turkic	7
190	Seba	Sheba (Saba)	Arabic	4
191	Selçuk	eponymous ancestor of the Seljuks	Turkic	6
192	Seyhan	the river Seyhan (Adana)	Other	6
193	Siber	shade; the Sibir khanate	Kurdish	5
194	Simavi	from Simav	Greek	6
195	Sümer	Sumer, ancient Mesopotamian people	Other	5
196	Sürmeneli	from Sürmene	Greek	9
197	Şam	Damascus (the city)	Arabic	3
198	Taşkent	Tashkent; stone town	Other	7
199	Tercan	Tercan, a district of Erzincan; fresh soul		6
200	Tibet	Tibet (the region)		5
201	Tokat	from Tokat (province)	Greek	5
202	Toros	the Taurus Mountains	Greek	5
203	Toroslu	from the Taurus	Greek	7
204	Tuna	the Danube	Other	4
205	Tunaboylu	from the Danube banks	Turkic	9
206	Tunca	the river Tunca (Tundzha)	Other	5
207	Turani	Turanian, of Turan	Persian	6
208	Tutak	handle, grip	Turkic	5
209	Türkali	name of several places		7
210	Türkoğlu	son of Türk	Turkic	8
211	Uludağ	great mountain; Uludağ at Bursa	Turkic	6
212	Ural	name of the Ural Mountains	Turkic	4
213	Uşak	Aegean province; child	Turkic	4
214	Ürkmez	one who does not shy, fearless	Turkic	6
215	Vanlıoğlu	son of the man from Van	Other	9
216	Vardar	name of a Balkan river	Other	6
217	Vardarlı	from the Vardar valley		8
218	Yalova	city and province on the Marmara		6
219	Yanya	the city of Ioannina	Greek	5
220	Yenice	place name; fairly new	Turkic	6
221	Yeşilyurt	green homeland	Turkic	9