Balıkesir

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Balıkesir. === Proper noun === Balıkesir A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara. A city, the capital of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. ==== Synonyms ==== Hadrianotherae, Hadrianoutherai (historical) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === railbikes == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish بالیكسر, perhaps from Byzantine Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κάστρον (kástron, “castle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.ɫɯ.ce.siɾ/ Hyphenation: Ba‧lı‧ke‧sir === Proper noun === Balıkesir Balıkesir (a province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara) Balıkesir (a city, the capital of Balıkesir Province, Turkey) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Balıkesirli === See also ===