Mərəlik (also, Maralıq, Maralik, Merelik, and Maralyk) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near the Yevlakh-Lachin-Nakhchivan highway, 8 km west from the district center. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are a primary a school, a club, a library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 212.
Etymology The name of the village consists of the məra (meaning "common pasture; pastures") and from the suffix -lıq meaning "place of", location in Azerbaijani language, means "the location of pasture, the place of pasture".Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijan Toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .
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