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A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A city, the capital of Bursa Province, Turkey.
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noun
Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.
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Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.
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A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.
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Topics: lifestyle, religion
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a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sac
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a city in northwestern Turkey
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Synonyms: Brusa
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
History
From Turkish Bursa, from Ottoman Turkish بورسه (Brusa), from Byzantine Greek Προῦσα (Proûsa), from Ancient Greek Προυσίας (Prousías, “Prusias”) + -α (-a). Doublet of Prusa.
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.
Across languages
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