بیغا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πηγαία (Pēgaía).

Proper noun

بیغا • (biga)

Biga (a town and district in Çanakkale province, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Biga
→ Armenian: Պիղա (Piġa)

Further reading

Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Biga”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Biga”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 118

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