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Old 09-13-2007, 10:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Is this word Turkish? And what does it mean?

What does "Koyuna" mean?
There is a sheep station/property, in Australia, named "Koyuna" by the original selectors in the early 1900s.
I did a search on the Net and found it on some Turkish sites, but the obvious translation doesn't seem to make sense unless it means something along the lines of "embrace" or "haven". Can anyone help, please.
It may not be Turkish at all, but the local Aboriginal people don't seem to know it, so I'm trying every avenue. It must have meant something special as the original settlers said they were going to take the name to their new place when they moved, though the only other instance of it seems to be a horse stud.
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