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SEYHAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seyhan mean? 

SEYHAN (noun)
  The noun SEYHAN has 2 senses:

1. a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterraneanplay

2. a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan Riverplay

  Familiarity information: SEYHAN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEYHAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Seyhan; Seyhan River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Seyhan" is a part of...):

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Adana; Seyhan

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Seyhan" is a part of...):

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)


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