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Anatolia
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English
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anatolia (plural Anatolias)
- A peninsula in Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.
- Synonyms: Asia Minor, Lesser Asia
- Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth
- Meronym: Central Anatolia
- Near-synonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye
Derived terms
Translations
peninsula of Western Asia
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Asia Minor — see Asia Minor
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /anatoˈlia/ [a.na.t̪oˈli.a]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: A‧na‧to‧li‧a
Proper noun
Anatolia
- a peninsula in Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west
- Synonym: Asia Kecil
Further reading
- “Anatolia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anatolia f
Declension
Declension of Anatolia
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
- Anatolijczyk
- Anatolijka
Further reading
- Anatolia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anatolia f
- Anatolia (a peninsula in Western Asia)
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