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Re: Iller
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According to my dictionary the Turkish for province is vilayet. There is no iller in the Turkish-English section.
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Thanks for clearing that up,(can't trust wiki). That Iller word reminded me of "Illyria", probably with Greco-Roman origin, any chance that river Iller has anything to do with Illyria?
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How about German wikipedia, Andy? I've just looked up Iller there and it's claimed that the name was originally Celtic, Ilara, explained as "eigel". I don't know what that would be in English - "fast flowing"?
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iller
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