The name Bergama, as well as its ancient predecessor Pergamon,[citation needed] are thought to be connected with the even more ancient Luwian language adjective `parrai` Hittite language equivalent; `parku`, meaning `high` in the same vein as being the etymological root of a number of other ancient cities across Anatolia.[3] The ancient and modern Greek language form of the name is Greek: àÃÂÃÂóñüÿÃâ. In Turkish language, it has been adapted to Bergama. The name of Pergamos derives from Perga as keramos from kera=earth, clay, although a Turkish author Ãâzhan Ãâztürk claims that Bergama means `high settlement/base` in Hittite language reference needed, while Argoma modern Suluova in Amasya means `border settlement` at the Hittite-Kaskian border.
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