Anatolia
//ˌænəˈtoʊli.ə// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A peninsula in West 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.
"Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth"
Example
More examples"The Battle of Manzikert changed the course of the history of Anatolia."
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.
Related phrases
More for "anatolia"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.