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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: turqueise, from turqueis 'Turkish'

turquoise

 noun
     
Related topics: Colours, Geology
tur‧quoise
1 [uncountable and countable]HEG a valuable greenish-blue stone or a jewel that is made from this:
turquoise earrings
2 [uncountable]CC a greenish-blue colour:
The room was painted in turquoise.
—turquoise adjective:
a clear turquoise sea
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