Anatolia

See also: anatólia, Anatólia, and Anatòlia

English

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊliə

Proper noun

Anatolia (plural Anatolias)

1. 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 Minor

Translations

peninsula of Western Asia

• Arabic: اَلأَنَاضُول‎ m (al-ʾanāḍūl)

  Egyptian Arabic: أناضول‎ f (ʾanaḍūl)

• Armenian: Անատոլիա (hy) (Anatolia)
• Azerbaijani: Kiçik Asiya, Anadolu
• Belarusian: Ма́лая А́зія f (Málaja Ázija)
• Bulgarian: Ма́ла А́зия f (Mála Ázija)
• Catalan: Anatòlia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安那托利亞 (zh), 安纳托利亚 (zh) (Ānnàtuōlìyǎ), 小亞細亞 (zh), 小亚细亚 (zh) (Xiǎo Yàxìyà)

• Danish: Anatolien
• Dutch: Anatolië n
• Finnish: Anatolia (fi)
• French: Anatolie (fr) f
• Georgian: ანატოლია (anaṭolia), მცირე აზია (mcire azia)
• German: Anatolien (de) n
• Greek: Ανατολία (el) f (Anatolía)
• Hindi: अनातोलिया m (anātoliyā), रूम (hi) m (rūm) (historical)
• Hungarian: Anatólia (hu)
• Irish: An Anatóil f, Leithinis na hAnatóile f

• Japanese: アナトリア (Anatoria), 小アジア (Shō-Ajia)
• Korean: 아나톨리아 (Anatollia)
• Macedonian: Анадолија f (Anadolija)
• Marathi: अनाटोलिया m (anāṭoliyā)
• Ottoman Turkish: اناطولی‎
• Persian: آناتولی‎ (fa) (Anatoli)
• Polish: Anatolia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Anatólia (pt) f
• Romanian: Anatolia f
• Russian: Ма́лая А́зия (ru) f (Málaja Ázija), Анато́лия (ru) f (Anatólija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Анадо́лија f, Анато́лија f

  Roman: Anadólija (sh) f, Anatólija (sh) f

• Spanish: Anatolia f
• Turkish: Anadolu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Мала́ А́зія f (Malá Ázija)
• Uyghur: ئانادولۇ‎ (anadolu), ئاناتولىيە‎ (anatoliye)
• Uzbek: Onadoʻli, Kichik Osiyo, Anatoliya
• Vietnamese: Tiểu Á
• Zazaki: Anatoliya (Southern Zazaki)

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Polish

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

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈtɔ.lʲa/

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Proper noun

Anatolia f

1. Anatolia

Declension

declension of Anatolia

	singular
nominative	Anatolia
genitive	Anatolii
dative	Anatolii
accusative	Anatolię
instrumental	Anatolią
locative	Anatolii
vocative	Anatolio

Derived terms

• Anatolijczyk m
• Anatolijka f
• anatolijski (“Anatolian”, adjective)

 

Further reading

• Anatolia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈtolja/, [a.naˈt̪o.lja]

Proper noun

Anatolia f

1. Anatolia (a peninsula in Western Asia)

Related terms

• anatolio