city in NW Turkey: capital of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th cent.: pop. 775,000
See bursa in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.bur·sae(-sē) 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.
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Origin: Late Latin, purse, pouch
Origin: , from Greek, skin, wineskin
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burˈsal adjective
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.