قارلی ایلی

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Italian Carlo (Charles) + ایل (el, nation, territory), a name derived from the region's last Christian rulers, Carlo I Tocco or his successor Carlo II Tocco.

Proper noun

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قارلی ایلی (karlı eli, karlı ili)

  1. (historical) a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire roughly correspoding to the region of Aetolia-Acarnania, in Greece

Descendants

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  • Turkish: Karlıeli
  • Greek: Κάρλελι (Kárleli)

Further reading

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  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “karlı ili”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 431