Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea west-southwest of Adana. It is a rail terminus and major port.
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- proper noun A city in
Turkey
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Examples
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Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan told Turkey's CNBC-e television channel that Ankara would on Thursday begin to truck goods across Iraq and ship them by sea from the southern port of Mersin to Alexandria, Egypt, avoiding Syria.
Tension Rises at Turkey-Syria Border Marc Champion 2011
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Mut and its surrounding district is situated in the province of Mersin.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The freighter had sailed from the Syrian port of Latakia and stopped in Mersin, Turkey, before heading toward Alexandria in Egypt, the military said.
Israel Seizes Ship Carrying Arms Richard Boudreaux 2011
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Hidir, 37, who declined to give his full name, said he was on his way back from delivering a truckload of pineapples from Mersin, Turkey, to Syria's second city, Aleppo, about 150 kilometers from the border.
Tension Rises at Turkey-Syria Border Marc Champion 2011
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Mut and its surrounding district is situated in the province of Mersin.
Claudiopolis: Legendary History Weaved Into Nature of Mut 2009
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According to the government, the last suicide bombing by the PKK was in 2008, when an assailant blew himself up at a police checkpoint in the Mediterranean city of Mersin and injured 13 police officers.
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One of these operations — the VenIran tractor factory — was the intended recipient of 22 containers intercepted by Turkish customs authorities at the port of Mersin in December 2008.
Time to Confront the Tehran-Caracas Axis Roger Noriega 2010
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One of these operations — the VenIran tractor factory — was the intended recipient of 22 containers intercepted by Turkish customs authorities at the port of Mersin in December 2008.
Time to Confront the Tehran-Caracas Axis Roger Noriega 2010
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One of these operations — the VenIran tractor factory — was the intended recipient of 22 containers intercepted by Turkish customs authorities at the port of Mersin in December 2008.
Time to Confront the Tehran-Caracas Axis Roger Noriega 2010
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In the southern port city of Mersin, a train hits a 19-wheeler, cutting it in half, and, incredibly, a security guard and the driver escaped with no serious injuries.
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