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konak

/kəʊˈnɑːk/ UK

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From Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

noun konaks

A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire. It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

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@misc{konak_2026,
  title = {konak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/konak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}