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Encyclopedia > Egin

Egin (Armenian Agn, the spring), an important town in the Mamuret el-Aziz vilayet of Asiatic Turkey (altitude 3300 ft.). Pop. about 20,000 (1911), fairly equally divided between Armenian Christians and Moslems. It is picturesquely situated in a theatre of lofty, abrupt rocks, on the right bank of the western Euphrates, which is crossed by a bridge. The stone houses stand in terraced gardens and orchards, and the streets are mere rock ladders. The new name of Egin is Kemaliye Vilâyet (also eyalet or pashaluk) was the Turkish name for the provinces of the Ottoman Empire. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name for the river, which is in Old Persian Ufrat, Aramaic Prâth/Frot, in Arabic Al-Furat الفرات, in Turkish Fırat and in ancient Assyrian language Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (Bethnahrin in Aramaic), the...


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EGIN - LoveToKnow Article on EGIN (239 words)
The stone houses stand in terraced gardens and orchards, and the streets are mere rock ladders.
Egin was settled by Armenians who emigrated from Van in the 11th century with Senekherim.
Milton, in LAilegro, is thought by the term twisted eglantine to denote the honeysuckle, Lonicera Periciymenum, which is still known as eglantine in north-east Yorkshire.
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Euskal Nortasun Elkarteak egiten duen agiri horren jabe zirela jakinik, haietako batzuengana jo zuen Egunkaria-k, arren hori erakutsiz botoa ematen saiatzeko esan, eta nolako harrera egin zieten azaltzeko eskatu.
Gainontzean nekez egin dezakete aurrera, baina Euskal Nortasun Agirien eskaera gora eta gora ari da, eta geroz eta egituraketa taxuzkoagoa behar dute horiei guztiei modu egokian erantzun ahal izateko.
Egin dituzten nortasun agiri berriek ez dute estatuko agiriaren zenbaki be-ra.
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