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en-wikipedia-org-9545		Seraglio - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	858	122	66	A seraglio (/səˈræljoʊ/ sə-RAL-yoh or /səˈrɑːljoʊ/ sə-RAHL-yoh) or serail is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in an Ottoman household. The Italian Treccani dictionary gives two derivations:[1] one from Turkish saray,[2][3] from Persian saraʾi (سرای‎),[4] meaning palace, or the enclosed courts for the wives and concubines of the harem of a house or palace, the other (in the sense of enclosure for wild animals) from Late Latin: serraculum, derived from serare, to close, which comes from sera,[5] a door-bar.[6] In Ottoman culture[edit] "The Seraglio" may refer specifically to the Topkapı Palace, the residence of the former Ottoman sultans in Istanbul (known as "Constantinople in English at the time of Ottoman rule). References[edit] Dictionary.reference.com. External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seraglio. Hidden categories: Pages containing links to subscription-only content Articles containing Persian-language text Articles containing Latin-language text Commons category link from Wikidata Edit links	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9545.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9545.txt