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word for "

water lily Water lily or water lilies may refer to: Plants * Members of family Nymphaeaceae * Formerly, members of the genus ''Nelumbo'' (the genus to which lotus belongs) * Some members of the genus ''Nymphoides'' Other uses * ''Water Lilies'' (Monet ...

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''nilufar'' (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the

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word for the blue lotus ''nīlotpala'' (नीलोत्पल). It is a popular feminine given name in

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Given name

Nilüfer Çınar Çorlulu Nilüfer Çinar Çorlulu (born Nilüfer Çınar in 1962) is a Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess. With nine national champion titles, she is one of the most successful female chess players in Turkey, being only second after Gül� ...

(born 1962), Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess *

Nilüfer Göle Nilüfer Göle (born 1953) is a Turkish sociologist and a contemporary Turkish academic who specializes in the political movement of today's educated, urbanized, and religious Muslim women. From 1986 to 2001 a professor at the Boğaziçi University ...

(born 1953), Turkish-French sociologist *

Nilüfer Hatun Nilüfer Hatun ( ota, نیلوفر خاتون, birth name Holifere ''(Holophira)'' / Olivera,. other names ''Bayalun, Beylun, Beyalun, Bilun, Suyun, Suylun'') was a Valide Hatun; the wife of Orhan, the second Ottoman sultan. She was mother of th ...

(14th century), mother of Ottoman Sultan Murad I (1326–1389) * Nilüfer Örer (born 1976), Turkish pop singer *

Nilüfer Verdi Nilüfer Ruacan Verdi (born 1956) is a Turkish jazz pianist; she is the first female jazz pianist in Turkey. Personal life Nilüfer Verdi was born into a family of musicians in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1956. Her father Nejat Verdi, whose ancestors ...

(born 1956), Turkish jazz pianist *

Nilüfer Yumlu Nilüfer is the Turkish word for " water lily", from Persian ''nilufar'' (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus, ''nīlotpala'' (नीलोत्पल). It is a popular feminine given name in Turk ...

(born 1955), Turkish pop singer whose stage name is simply "Nilüfer" *

Nilüfer Yanya Nilüfer Yanya (; born 11 May 1995) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Early life Yanya is the daughter of two visual artists, her mother is of Irish and Barbadian heritage and her father is Turkish. Yanya grew up in Chelsea, Lond ...

(born 1996), a British-Turkish singer-songwriter from London

Places

Nilüfer, Bursa Nilüfer is a district of the Bursa Province of Turkey, established in 1987. It is one of the seventeen districts of Bursa Province. It is established as the main residential development area of Bursa in order to meet the housing needs as well ...

, an urban district of Bursa Province in Turkey *

Nilüfer River The Nilufer or Niloufer River ( tr, Nilüfer Çayı) is a river in Turkey. From its source near Mount Uludağ (the classical Mysian Olympus) and flowing past Bursa, the river tends to the northwest along its course of . The Nilufer was the clas ...

, the classical Odrysses, near Bursa, Turkey

Others

* Bursa Nilüfer S.A.Ş., a sports club in Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey *

Nilüfer Belediyespor Nilüfer Belediyespor is a multi-sports club in the Nilüfer district of Bursa Province Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to ...

, a multi-sports club in Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey *

Nilüfer Belediyespor Women's Volleyball Team Nilüfer is the Turkish word for " water lily", from Persian ''nilufar'' (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus, ''nīlotpala'' (नीलोत्पल). It is a popular feminine given name in Turk ...

, women's volleyball side of Nilüfer Belediyespor in Bursa, Turkey *

Nilüfer Dam Nilüfer Dam is a dam in Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. See also *List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey ReferencesDSI directory, State Hydraulic Works (Turkey) The State Hydraulic Works ( tr, Devlet ...

, a dam on Nilüfer River in Bursa, Turkey