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What is "gazi"

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Gazi (disambiguation)

Gazi or ghazi may refer to:

  • A gazi or ghāzī is a frontier warrior in Islam.
In people
  • Gazi or Ghazi is also used as an honorific Muslim and specifically Ottoman title that appears in the names of many historic figures, notably:
    • Gazi Chelebi, pirate and 14th century ruler of Sinop.
    • Gazi Evrenos (1288–1417)
    • Osman al-Ghazi (1299–1326)
    • Gazi-Husrev Beg, a Bosnian bey (1480–1541)
    • Gazi Osman Pasha (1832–1897)
    • Mahmut Gazi Yasargil
  • "The Gazi" is also used to refer to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey
In places
  • Gazi, Athens, a neighbourhood in Athens, Greece
  • Gazi, Crete, a town in Greece
  • Gazi, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
  • Ghazi, Iran, a city in North Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Gazi, Istanbul, a neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Gazi, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Gazi, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Gazi, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
  • Gazi, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Gaziantep, a city in Turkey
In other uses
  • Gazi University is a university located in Ankara, Turkey

Usage examples of "gazi".

The eight men and women behind the raised, horseshoe-shaped table at the head of the hearing room sat a bit straighter, and Gazi nodded to Tonkovic.

In nineteen twenty-four a plot to assassinate the Gazi was discovered.