ozyflier

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.

Lenoosh

mmm,"koyun" is a turkish word which means sheep,but koyuna? Maybe it means "to koyun"

ozyflier

I found it in a sentence, advertising boat cruises, too.
The quote is "Yine ücret karşılığı katılabileceğiniz Kaş-Xanthos gezisi için teknemiz Üçağız koyuna demirler.
It occurs in a number of places on the site Rent a Yacht in Turkey Fethiye Marmaris yacht charter blue cruises sailing turkey

Lenoosh

oops,ok i got it,in this sentence it's the word "koy" which means "bay"
so "koyuna" here means "to bay" ok?

ozyflier

By "to bay" do you mean "to anchor"? Does the ending change the meaning of the word? If it means "sheep" is that singular or plural?

It also occurs in these contexts (all of which I got off the Net):
1. Kahvaltı sonrası Samanlık koyuna gidilir.
2. "Koyuna can mı, kasaba et mi?"
3. Maçı durduran orta hakem, koyuna düdük çalarak kırmızı kart gösterdi.
4. Koyuna çarpan sürücüyü çoban rehin aldı... (Part of a news headline, I think)

Sorry to keep pushing. I'm really trying to get a handle on the meaning. Of course, the name of the property may not be a Turkish word as all!!

Lenoosh

In the sentences u posted,it means sheep-singular

"to koyun" i didnt mean a verb there, it's like in the sentence " im going to bay"
got it?

denniz

these are not the same words. koy and koyun are two different words which had some suffixes in the sentences you ve sent
koy-u-n-a
koy is the root here which means bay the suffix "u" is the suffix for possesive as in üçağız koyu (bay of üçağız) "n" is to connect two vowels and "a" is the suffix for towards direction
koyun-a
here the root is koyun which means "sheep" and "a" is again the suffix for towards direction
and also ı can add "koyu" to this which means dark
and as an aswer to your first question which ı also find very intresting "koyuna" means nothing alone in Turkish it sounds as if it is a part of a phrase but as you said it is the name of a sheep station it sounds relevant but still something missing you expect a word before or after