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The city has been known by many names: ܐܘܪܗܝ, ''Urhāy'' in [[Syriac language|Syriac]], ''Riha'' in [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], الروها, ''Ar-Ruha'' in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], Ուռհա, ''Urha'' in [[Armenian language|Armenian]], Ορρα, ''Orrha'' in [[Greek language|Greek]] (also Ορροα, ''Orrhoa''). For a while it was named ''Callirrhoe'' or ''Antiochia on the Callirhoe'' (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Καλλιρρόης). During [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rule it was named ''Justinopolis''. Although it is often best known by the name given it by the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucids]], Εδεσσα, ''Edessa''.
'Şanlı' means ''great, glorious, dignified'' in Turkish and Urfa was officially re-named Şanlıurfa (Urfa the Glorious) by the [[Turkish Grand National Assembly]] in [[1984]], in recognition of the local resistance in the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. The title was achieved following repeated requests by the city's members of parliament, desirous to earn a title similar to those of neihgbouring rival cities 'Gazi' (veteran) [[Antep]] and 'Kahraman' (Heroic) [[Maraş]]. The delay in according the title can possibly be explained by the controversial attack by irregulars on the French troops withdrawing under an agreement.
==History==
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