Serap is a common

Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...

. In Turkish, the word serap refers to an optical illusion, commonly known as a "

mirage A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', mean ...

". It describes a phenomenon where distant objects, especially in the desert or on hot roads, appear to be distorted or surrounded by water.

People

Given name

* Serap Aktaş (born 1971), Turkish middle and long-distance runner * Serap Güler (born 1980), German politician *

Serap Özçelik Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish people, Turkish karateka (martial arts), karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions. She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014. C ...

(born 1988), Turkish karateka * Serap Yazıcı (born 1963), Turkish academic *

Serap Yücesir Serap Yücesir (*18 March 1973 in Kars, Turkey) is a former Turkish female basketball player. The national competitor played in the power forward position. She started basketball in her age of 13 with Bayraklıspor in İzmir and played later f ...

(born 1973), Turkish basketball player

Other uses

* Serap (vaccine), a trade name for a

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pertussis Whooping cough ( or ), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, bu ...

(whooping cough), and

tetanus Tetanus (), also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by ''Clostridium tetani'' and characterized by muscle spasms. In the most common type, the spasms begin in the jaw and then progress to the rest of the body. Each spasm usually l ...

vaccine

References

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