| LC control no. | n 88118501 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Şanlıurfa (Turkey) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Turkey--Şanlıurfa |
| Variant(s) | Riha (Turkey) Ruha (Turkey) Orfa (Turkey) Orhāy (Turkey) Uṛhay (Turkey) al-Ruhā (Turkey) Urfah (Turkey) אורפה (טורקיה) |
| See also | Urfa (Turkey) |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Maraş, M.A. Peygamberler şehri, Şanlıurfa, 1986: p. 23 (name changed from Urfa to Şanlıurfa, 6/12/1984 with law no. 3020) LC data base, 6-15-88 (hdg.: Urfa (Turkey); usage: Urfa, Şanlıurfa) Çınar, H. Lîstikên zarokan yên Kurd, 2005: p. 80, etc. (Riha) Dağlı, F. Welatê me, 2003: p. 324 (Ruha (Urfa)) Lippincott, 1962: (Urfa, ancient Edessa; also formerly spelled Orfa) EI2: (al-Ruhā or al-Ruhāʼ, ... known in Western sources as Edessa (Syriac Orhāy, Armenian Uṛhay; in the SE of modern Turkey, known as Urfa, a name for the city which is not clearly attested before the coming of the Turks to eastern Anatolia) Edessa in hellenistisch-römischer Zeit, 2009: t.p. (Edessa) Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, July 24, 2009 (Şanlıurfa, Turkey; formerly Urfa, or Edessa, Arabic Ar-Ruhā; modern name derives from the early Aramaic name, Urhai, which was changed to Edessa when the town was refounded as a military settlement in the 3rd century BC) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 37°09ʹ04ʺN 038°47ʹ34ʺE) Me-ʻever la-nahar baʼu avotenu, 2013: t.p. (אורפה = Urfah) |
| Not found in | Web. new geo. dict., 1984: (under Urfa: Christian county of Edessa, 1098-1144) |
| Geographic area code | a-tu--- |
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