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A·da·na

(ä′də-nə, ə-dä′nə)

A city of southern Turkey on the Seyhan River near the Mediterranean Sea. Probably founded by the Hittites, it was colonized by the Romans in 66 bc.

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Adana

(ˈædənə)

(Placename) a city in S Turkey, capital of Adana province. Pop: 1 248 000 (2005 est). Also called: Seyhan

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A•da•na

(ˈɑ dɑˌnɑ)

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a city in S Turkey, on the Seyhan River. 1,047,300. Also called Seyhan.

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Adana - a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River

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Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923

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Zamboanga Sibugay vice mayor gets 8 years for graft !-- -- Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star) - January 3, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines For giving a bigger calamity assistance to her husband and sister when she was mayor, Vice Mayor Gemma Adana of Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay has been sentenced to up to eight years in prison.

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Summary: Adana [Turkey], August 18 (ANI): Governor of Adana province in Turkey, Mahmut Demirtas has confirmed that a drone belonging to the United States has crashed under mysterious circumstances in southern Turkey.

US drone mysteriously crashes in Turkey

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