tepe

American  

[tep-ee, te-pe] / ˈtɛp i, ˈtɛ pɛ /

noun

1. (in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .

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Etymology

Origin of tepe

< Turkish: hill

Example Sentences

That’s exactly the pattern the researchers saw at Ganj Dareh and Tepe Abdul Hosein: relatively few males and lots of older females.

From Science Magazine

To learn about the process of early animal domestication, Zeder and others—including several Iranian archaeologists—analyzed goat bones excavated in the 1960s and ’70s from two sites in the Zagros Mountains, Ganj Dareh and Tepe Abdul Hosein.

From Science Magazine

Although the monument is unique, Dr. Savchenko sees a resemblance to the stone sculptures of what has long been considered the world’s oldest temple, Göbekli Tepe, whose ruins are in present-day Turkey, some 1,550 miles away.

From New York Times

One that turned up earlier this month near Turkey's Gobekli Tepe, an ancient temple and World Heritage Site, transpired to be a stunt by the government to promote its new space programme.

From BBC

Gobekli Tepe was the setting of the Turkish Netflix mystery series, “The Gift.”

From Seattle Times