No. 2,755 in Turkish
i̇skenderun
İskenderun: A city and major port located in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
In a sentence
İskenderun, Akdeniz kıyısında bir liman kentidir.
Iskenderun is a port city on the Mediterranean coast.
In this sentence, 'İskenderun' is used as a proper noun, specifying the name of a city.
İskenderun'daki restoranların çoğu deniz manzarasına sahiptir.
Most of the restaurants in Iskenderun have a sea view.
Here, 'İskenderun'daki' is an adjectival form derived from the proper noun, indicating location (in Iskenderun).
İskenderun'dan gelen ürünler çok kaliteli.
The products coming from Iskenderun are of high quality.
In this instance, 'İskenderun'dan' is derived from the proper noun with a suffix meaning 'from', indicating origin or source.
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