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tepe

tepe

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A Turkish last name and place name that means hill
  • proper noun
translation icon : Tepe
  • The setting, Sakin Tepe, was suggested by a stone castle.
  • Göbekli Tepe
  • Gbekli Tepe
  • Sakin Tepe

And then no one knows really what Gobekli Tepe was for.

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Examples

  • It's called Gobekli Tepe in Turkey.

  • Why did Sakin Tepe celebrate on this particular day, 8 October?

    Academic text (1991)
  • And then no one knows really what Gobekli Tepe was for.

  • But when I look at a place like Gobekli Tepe or Karahan Tepe, that screams civilization to me.

  • A site of unbelievable artistry and intricate detail, Gbekli Tepe has turned this theory on its head.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Karabulut tells me excavations have revealed that Göbekli Tepe was constructed in two stages.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The first structures at Gbekli Tepe were built as early as 10,000 B.C., predating their famous British counterpart by about 7,000 years.

    Academic text (2008)
  • TURKEY: Experts are beginning to decipher Late Assyrian tablets from Ziyaret Tepe, a 9th- to 7th-century B.C. city on the Tigris River.

    Academic text (2010)
  • PHOTO (COLOR): Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute believes Gbekli Tepe attracted small nomadic groups from numerous regions throughout southeastern Anatolia.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Gobekli Tepe is considered one of the oldest known sites of human habitation.

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Etymology

Tepe as a name comes from the Turkish word tepe meaning 'hill', so people who lived by a hill or a village on a hill often took it as a surname or place name.