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roots

/ruːts/ noun [plural]

Translation

where someone or something originally comes from
kökleri, kökeni, aslı esası; çıktığı/doğduğu/geldiği yer
the roots of modern jazz He lives in London but his roots are in Edinburgh.1553
(Definition of roots noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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