Novi Pazar - Name

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Novi Pazar means "a new marketplace", which in turn was derived from medieval Bosnian name Trgovište (Трговиште), meaning "marketplace". During the Ottoman Turkish administration, the city was known as Yeni Pazar (meaning "new market" in Turkish), which is derived from bazaar (from Persian بازار (bāzār), meaning "market"; from Middle Persian بهاچار (bahā-chār), meaning "place of prices").

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