# Sinop

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A province of Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
2. A district of Sinop Province, Turkey.
3. A municipality and port, the capital of Sinop district and Sinop Province, Turkey.

## Etymology
From Turkish Sinop and Ottoman Turkish سنوب (Sinop), from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Σινώπη (Sinṓpē), from Hittite 𒅆𒉡𒉿 (Šinuwa).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sinop