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Ordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. It has a population of 112,525 (2000 census).
The city was instituted by ancient Greek settler under the name Oenoe. "Ordu" was also the name used for a tent in Turkish and Mongol nomadic tribes. It is from this word that the modern English word "horde" came from, as the nomads traveled in massive groups with a family to each ordu.
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