Turkey

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Etymology

From French Turquie, Medieval Latin Turquia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian and Arabic ترك, a national name means "strong" or "helmet" in Old Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtəː.ki/
• (US) enPR: tûr'kē, IPA: /ˈtɝ.ki/

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• Homophone: turkey
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ki

Proper noun

Turkey

1. Country at the intersection of Europe and Asia on the Mediterranean. Official name: Republic of Turkey.

Translations

country at intersection of Europe and Asia

Abkhaz: Ҭырқтәыла (ab) (Ţyrķţwyla), Ҭырқәтәыла (ab) (Ţyrķwtwyla) Acehnese: Tureuki Afrikaans: Turkye (af) Arabic: تركيا (ar) (turkíyya) f. Aragonese: Turquía (an) Armenian: Թուրքիա (hy) (T’urk’ia) Aromanian: Turchia (roa-rup) Asturian: Turquía (ast) Azeri: Türkiyə (az) Bashkir: Төркиә (Törkiä) Basque: Turkia Bavarian: Tiakei Belarusian: Турцыя (be) (Túrcyja) f. Bengali: তুরস্ক (bn) (turôskô) Bikol Central: Turkiya Bislama: Turkey (bi) Bosnian: Turska (bs) f. Breton: Turkia Bulgarian: Турция (bg) (Túrcija) f. Burmese: တူရကီ (my) (tuẏáki) Catalan: Turquia (ca) f. Cebuano: Turkiya Chinese: Cantonese: 土耳其 (Tou2yi5kei4) Mandarin: 土耳其 (cmn) (Tǔ’ěrqí) Crimean Tatar: Türkiye Czech: Turecko (cs) n. Danish: Tyrkiet (da) Dutch: Turkije (nl) Emilian: Turchî Esperanto: Turkio (eo), Turkujo (eo) Estonian: Türgi (et) Ewe: Turkey Faroese: Turkaland (fo) n. Fiji Hindi: Turkey Finnish: Turkki (fi) French: Turquie (fr) f. Galician: Turquía (gl) f. Georgian: თურქეთი (ka) (T’urk’et’i) German: Türkei (de) f. Greek: Τουρκία (el) (Tourkía) n. Guaraní: Tuykia (gn) Hebrew: טורקיה (he) (Turkíya) f., תורכיה (he) (Turkíya) f. Hindi: तुर्की (hi) (turkī) Hungarian: Törökország (hu) Icelandic: Tyrkland (is) n. Ido: Turki Interlingua: Turchia Irish: An Tuirc (ga) f. Italian: Turchia (it) f. Japanese: トルコ (ja) (Toruko) (土耳古 (ja)) Kalenjin: Turkey Kamba: Turkey Karakalpak: Tu'rkiya Kazakh: Түркия (kk) (Türkiya) Khmer: តួកគី (km) (touk ki) Kikuyu: Turkey Korean: 터키 (ko) (Teoki) Kurdish: Kurmanji: Tirkiye Sorani: Turkiya Kyrgyz: Түркия (ky) (Türkiya)

Lao: ຕວກກີ (lo) (tūak kī) Latin: Turcia (la) Latvian: Turcija (lv) f. Lithuanian: Turkija (lt) f. Luhya: Taki Luo: Turkey Macedonian: Турција (mk) (Túrcija) f. Malay: Turki Maltese: it-Turkija Manx: Yn Turkee (gv) Meru: Turkey Min Nan: Türkiye (zh-min-nan) Mongolian: Турк (mn) (Turk) Navajo: Tʼóok bikéyah Nepali: टर्की (ne) (ṭarkī) Norwegian: Tyrkia (no) Old English: Turcland (ang) Old Norse: Tyrkland n. Ottoman Turkish: ترکیه (Türkiye), ترکیا (Türkiya) Pennsylvania German: Turkie Persian: ترکیه (fa) (Torkiye) Polish: Turcja (pl) f. Portuguese: Turquia (pt) f. Quechua: Turkiya (qu) Romagnol: Turchî Romanian: Turcia (ro) f. Romansch: Tirchia (rm) f. Russian: Турция (ru) (Túrcija) f. Samogitian: Torkėjė f. Serbo-Croatian: Турска (sh) f., Turska (sh) f. Sicilian: Turchìa f. Silesian: Turcyjo f. Sinhalese: තුර්‍කිය (si) (turkiya), තුර්කිය (si) Slovak: Turecko (sk) n. Slovene: Turčija (sl) f. Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Turkojska Southern Zazaki: Tırkiya Spanish: Turquía (es) f. Swahili: Uturuki (sw) (noun 11), Uturuki (sw) Swedish: Turkiet (sv) Tagalog: Turkiya (tl) Tajik: Туркия (tg) (Turkiya) Tatar: Төркия (tt) (Törkiya) Thai: ตุรกี (th) (dtù-rá-gee), (ancient) หรุ่มโต้ระกี่ (th) (rùm dtôh-rá-gèe) Tosk: Türkei (als) Turkish: Türkiye (tr) Turkmen: Türkiýe (tk) Udmurt: Турция Ukrainian: Туреччина (uk) (Turéččyna) f. Urdu: ترکی (ur) (turkī) Uyghur: تۈركىيە (ug) Uzbek: Turkiya (uz) Vietnamese: Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ (vi) Waray: Turkeya Welsh: Twrci (cy) West Frisian: Turkije (fy) Wolof: Tirki (wo) Yakut: Түркийэ (Türkije) Yiddish: טערקײַ (yi) (Terkay) f. Yoruba: Túrkì (yo)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Turkey
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe) [edit]}
• Appendix:Countries of the world