Place:Edirne, Edirne, Turkey

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NameEdirne
Alt namesAdrianoplesource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Adrianopolissource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 8
Eḋirnesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Hadrianoplesource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 370
Hadrianopolissource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 370
Odrinsource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Uskudamasource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 370; GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 5179
TypeCity
Coordinates41.667°N 26.567°E
Located inEdirne, Turkey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Edirne, formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις) is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne and Eastern Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria (3.24 miles or 5.22 kilometers from the Greek border at the closest point).

Edirne was the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1369 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's capital. The estimated population in 2019 was 185,408.

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