Dicle
Encyclopedia
Dicle is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province
, Turkey
. Population is 8436 (as of 2010).
Dicle is also the Turkish name of the Tigris
river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian
name for the river, Idigna.
Diyarbakir Province
Diyarbakır Province is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and the population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is Diyarbakir...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. Population is 8436 (as of 2010).
Dicle is also the Turkish name of the Tigris
Tigris
The Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq.-Geography:...
river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian
Sumerian language
Sumerian is the language of ancient Sumer, which was spoken in southern Mesopotamia since at least the 4th millennium BC. During the 3rd millennium BC, there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism...
name for the river, Idigna.