Topkapi Palace Word Search
Topkapi Palace (Istanbul), as a word search. 12 words drawn from architectural features, history, and surrounding places sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Located in Istanbul.
Words to find: TOPKAPI, HAREM, SULTAN, OTTOMAN, BABIHUMAYUN, HAGIASOPHIA, BOSPHORUS, GOLDENHORN, MARMARA, KOSK, RELICS, CUPOLA.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Topkapi Palace word list, defined
- HAREM /həˈriːm/ · noun
- The women, especially wives, concubines, and female relatives or attendants, who lived in the private quarters of a traditionally Muslim household. By extension, a group of women associated with one man as wives or sexual partners. Related: seraglio, women's quarters, zenana, concubines.
- SULTAN /ˈsʌltən/ · noun
- A title traditionally given to a Muslim monarch or sovereign ruler, especially in parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The title also survives in the official names of several former sultanates and in a few modern constitutional monarchies. Related: monarch, sovereign, ruler, king.
- OTTOMAN /ˈɒtəmən/ (British); /ˈɑːtəmən/ (US) · noun & adjective
- An ottoman is a low, upholstered seat without a back, traditionally used as a footrest or low stool. As an adjective, Ottoman denotes the Ottoman Empire, its people, or its historical culture and institutions. Related: footstool, stool, pouffe, cushioned seat.
- RELICS /ˈrɛlɪks/ · noun
- Relics are physical remains or objects associated with a holy person, especially a saint, that are venerated for their spiritual significance. More generally, relics are surviving traces, fragments, or remnants of an earlier period. Related: remains, remnants, vestiges, artifacts.
- CUPOLA /ˈkjuːpələ/ · noun
- A small dome-shaped structure or turret, especially one set on a roof or atop another dome, often with windows or openings to admit light and air. In architecture it may crown a building or serve as a lantern over a larger dome. Related: dome, turret, lantern, rotunda.
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