Şanlıurfa (Turkey) (Geographic Name)

Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.

Maraş, M.A. Peygamberler şehri, Şanlıurfa, 1986: p. 23 (name changed from Urfa to Şanlıurfa, 6/12/1984 with law no. 3020)

LC data base, 6-15-88 (hdg.: Urfa (Turkey); usage: Urfa, Şanlıurfa)

Çınar, H. Lîstikên zarokan yên Kurd, 2005: p. 80, etc. (Riha)

Dağlı, F. Welatê me, 2003: p. 324 (Ruha (Urfa))

Lippincott, 1962: (Urfa, ancient Edessa; also formerly spelled Orfa)

EI2: (al-Ruhā or al-Ruhāʼ, ... known in Western sources as Edessa (Syriac Orhāy, Armenian Uṛhay; in the SE of modern Turkey, known as Urfa, a name for the city which is not clearly attested before the coming of the Turks to eastern Anatolia)

Edessa in hellenistisch-römischer Zeit, 2009: t.p. (Edessa)

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, July 24, 2009 (Şanlıurfa, Turkey; formerly Urfa, or Edessa, Arabic Ar-Ruhā; modern name derives from the early Aramaic name, Urhai, which was changed to Edessa when the town was refounded as a military settlement in the 3rd century BC)

GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 37°09ʹ04ʺN 038°47ʹ34ʺE)

Me-ʻever la-nahar baʼu avotenu, 2013: t.p. (אורפה = Urfah)

Web. new geo. dict., 1984: (under Urfa: Christian county of Edessa, 1098-1144)