Alev may refer to:
Alev is a
Turkish
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*** Turkish alphabet
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given name (meaning ''flame'') for females. People named Alev include:
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Alev Alatlı
Alev Alatlı (16 September 1944 – 2 February 2024) was a Turkish columnist, bestselling novelist, academician and economist.
Early years
Alev Alatlı was born on 16 September 1944 in the town of Menemen, İzmir to an officer's family. She s ...
, Turkish economist, philosopher, columnist and bestselling novelist
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Alev Croutier
Alev Lytle Croutier, known in Turkey as "Alev Aksoy Croutier" (born 1945 in İzmir, Turkey), is a writer based in San Francisco, US. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. She is the author of the non-fiction books ''Harem: the World be ...
, A writer based in San Francisco
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Alev Demirkesen, Turkish artist
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Alev Erisir, Turkish-American academic in Psychology
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Alev Kelter
Leyla Alev Kelter ( ; born March 21, 1991) is an American rugby sevens and rugby union player. She competed for the United States at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She also represented the United States at the 2017 and 2021 Rugby Worl ...
,
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
international rugby player
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Alev Korun, Turkish-Austrian politician
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Alev Lenz, German-Turkish singer/songwriter
*''Alev'' is also a type of settlement in
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
like), that is on a lower level than a
town or city. The name means "borough". It is larger than an ''alevik'' (
small borough
The following is a list of Populated places in Estonia, boroughs () and Populated places in Estonia, small boroughs () in Estonia.
Boroughs
*Aegviidu
*Järva-Jaani
*Järvakandi
*Kiili
*Kohila
*Kohtla-Nõmme
*Lavassaare
*Märjamaa
*Paikuse
*Pärn ...
). There are twelve ''alev''s in Estonia.
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