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Bursal

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Bur·sa  (bûrs, br-sä)
A city of northwest Turkey west of Ankara. It dates from the third century b.c. and was a capital of the Ottoman Turks in the 1300s. Population: 1,190,000.
bur·sa  (bûrs)
n. pl. bur·sae (-s) or bur·sas
A sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures.
[Late Latin, purse, pouch, from Greek, skin, wineskin.]
bursal adj.
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Adj.1.bursal - relating to or affecting a bursa


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