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Turk :: Turk (n.) A native or inhabitant of Turkey.

Sequin :: Sequin (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value..

Talegalla :: Talegalla (n.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.

Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

Turk :: Turk (n.) A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey..

Almude :: Almude (n.) A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the almud is about 1.4 gallons..

Gobble :: Gobble (v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.

Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..

Opopanax :: Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic..

Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..

Meleagris :: Meleagris (n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys..

Caimacam :: Caimacam (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

Khedive :: Khedive (n.) A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

Albanian :: Albanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey..

Batman :: Batman (n.) A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds..

Sultanate :: Sultana (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.

Gypsy :: Gypsy (n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany..

Samiel :: Samiel (n.) A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria..

Agha :: Agha (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect..

Vizier :: Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.

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