Proper Name guide

Çanakkale

name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.

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Meaning 2

A district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

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Meaning 3

A municipality, the capital city of Çanakkale district and Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Çanakkale, from Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه (Çanak Kalʼe, literally “Fortress of Pots”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَانَاكَالِي (jānākālī) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Arabic: جَنَق قَلْعة (janaq qalʕa) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Armenian: Չանաքքալե (Čʻanakʻkʻale) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Azerbaijani: Çanaqqala — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恰納卡萊 /恰纳卡莱 (Qiànàkǎlái) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Crimean Tatar: Çanaqqale — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Greek: Τσανάκκαλε (Tsanákkale) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Japanese: チャナッカレ (Chanakkare) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Central Kurdish: چاناققەلعە (çanaqqel'e) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Northern Kurdish: Çanakkale — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Lithuanian: Čanakalė — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Persian: چاناققلعه (čânâq qal'e) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Russian: Чанаккале́ (Čanakkalé) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Turkish: Çanakkale — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Ottoman Turkish: چناق قلعه (Çanak Kalʼe) — province, district and city of Turkey
  • Ukrainian: Чанаккале́ (Čanakkalé) — province, district and city of Turkey