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unknown

 
 
/ʌnˈnəʊn/ adjective

Translation

NOT KNOWN not known
blinmeyen, tanınmayan, yabancı, meçhul
The cause of his death is still unknown.2306
NOT FAMOUS not famous
meşhur olmayan, bilinmeyen, tanınmayan
an unknown actor → See also an unknown quantity1022
(Definition of unknown adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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