Ankara

See also: Ankarą and ankara

English

Wikivoyage

Etymology 1

From Turkish Ankara and Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges with the Cubuk to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from Hittite Ankuwash, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“elbow, bend, curve”). The river and province are named for the city. Doublet of Angora, angle, and anchor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/

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Proper noun

Ankara

1. The capital city of Turkey.
2. (metonymically) The Turkish government.
3. A province in Turkey around the city.
4. A river in Turkey near the city, a tributary of the Sakarya.

Synonyms

• Angora (historical)

Translations

capital of Turkey

• Afrikaans: Ankara
• Albanian: Ankaraja f
• Amharic: አንካራ (ʾänkara)
• Arabic: أَنْقَرَة f (ʔanqara), (archaic) أَنْكُورِيَة f (ʔankūriya)

  Egyptian Arabic: أنقرة f (ʔanqara)

  Hijazi Arabic: أنقرة f (ʔangara, ʔanqara)

• Armenian: Անկարա (hy) (Ankara)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܢܩܵܪܵܐ f (Anqāra)
• Azerbaijani: Ankara (az)
• Basque: Ankara (eu)
• Belarusian: Анкара́ f (Ankará)
• Bengali: আঙ্কারা (aṅkara)
• Bulgarian: Анка́ра (bg) f (Ankára)
• Burmese: အန်ကာရာမြို့ (ankaramrui.)
• Catalan: Ankara (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 安卡拉 (on¹ kaa¹ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 安卡拉 (zh) (Ānkǎlā)

• Czech: Ankara (cs)
• Danish: Ankara
• Dutch: Ankara (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ankara (eo), Ankaro (eo)
• Estonian: Ankara (et)
• Finnish: Ankara (fi)
• French: Ankara (fr) f
• Galician: Ancara (gl)
• Georgian: ანკარა (ka) (anḳara)
• German: Ankara (de) n, Angora (de) n (especially formerly)
• Greek: Άγκυρα (el) f (Ágkyra)

  Ancient: Ἄγκῡρα f (Ánkūra)

• Hebrew: אַנְקָרָה f (ankara)
• Hindi: अंकारा m (aṅkārā)
• Hungarian: Ankara (hu)
• Icelandic: Ankara
• Ido: Ankara
• Indonesian: Ankara
• Interlingua: Ankara
• Irish: Ankara
• Italian: Ankara (it) f
• Japanese: アンカラ (ja) (Ankara)
• Kazakh: Анкара (Ankara)
• Khmer: អង់ការ៉ា (km) (ʼɑngkaaraa)
• Korean: 앙카라 (ko) (Angkara)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەنقەرە (ckb) (enqere)

  Northern Kurdish: Enqere (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Анкара (ky) (Ankara)
• Lao: ອັງກາລາ (ʼang kā lā)
• Latin: Ancyra (la) f
• Latvian: Ankara f
• Lithuanian: Ankara f
• Low German: Ankara
• Macedonian: Анкара f (Ankara)
• Malay: Ankara
• Maltese: Ankara
• Marathi: अंकारा n (aṅkārā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Анкара (Ankara)

• Navajo: Ankʼawa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ankara (no)

• Ottoman Turkish: آنقاره (Anḳara)
• Pashto: انقره f (anqara)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: اَنْقَرَه (anqara)

  Dari: اَنْقَرَه (anqara)

  Iranian Persian: آنکارا (fa) (Ânkârâ), انگوریه (Angureye), انگوره (fa) (Angure)

• Polish: Ankara (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ancara (pt) f
• Rohingya: Añgkera
• Romanian: Ankara (ro)
• Russian: Анкара́ (ru) f (Ankará)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀нкара f

  Roman: Ànkara (sh) f

• Sicilian: Àncara f, Àncura f
• Slovak: Ankara (sk) f
• Slovene: Ankara f
• Spanish: Angora (es) f, Ankara (es)
• Swedish: Ankara (sv)
• Tagalog: Ankara
• Tajik: Анқара (Anqara)
• Tatar: Әнкара (Änkara)
• Thai: อังการา (ang-gaa-râa)
• Turkish: Ankara (tr)
• Turkmen: Ankara
• Ukrainian: Анкара́ (uk) f (Ankará)
• Urdu: انقرہ m (anqāra)
• Uyghur: ئەنقەرە (enqere)
• Uzbek: Anqara
• Vietnamese: Ăng-ca-ra
• Welsh: Ankara
• Yiddish: אַנקאַראַ n (ankara)

Etymology 2

Noun

Ankara (uncountable)

1. A West African fabric.

References

• "Ankara", New World Encyclopedia.

Anagrams

• Arakan, Kanara, Nakara, Naraka

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Ankara

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)

Related terms

• Ankarioot
• Ankarioties

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Анкара
Abjad

Proper noun

Ankara

1. Ankara (a city and province of Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Ankara
	singular	plural
nominative	Ankara	Ankaralar
definite accusative	Ankaranı	Ankaraları
dative	Ankaraya	Ankaralara
locative	Ankarada	Ankaralarda
ablative	Ankaradan	Ankaralardan
definite genitive	Ankaranın	Ankaraların

Possessive forms of Ankara
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Ankaram	Ankaralarım
sənin (“your”)	Ankaran	Ankaraların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Ankarası	Ankaraları
bizim (“our”)	Ankaramız	Ankaralarımız
sizin (“your”)	Ankaranız	Ankaralarınız
onların (“their”)	Ankarası or Ankaraları	Ankaraları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Ankaramı	Ankaralarımı
sənin (“your”)	Ankaranı	Ankaralarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Ankarasını	Ankaralarını
bizim (“our”)	Ankaramızı	Ankaralarımızı
sizin (“your”)	Ankaranızı	Ankaralarınızı
onların (“their”)	Ankarasını or Ankaralarını	Ankaralarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Ankarama	Ankaralarıma
sənin (“your”)	Ankarana	Ankaralarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Ankarasına	Ankaralarına
bizim (“our”)	Ankaramıza	Ankaralarımıza
sizin (“your”)	Ankaranıza	Ankaralarınıza
onların (“their”)	Ankarasına or Ankaralarına	Ankaralarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Ankaramda	Ankaralarımda
sənin (“your”)	Ankaranda	Ankaralarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Ankarasında	Ankaralarında
bizim (“our”)	Ankaramızda	Ankaralarımızda
sizin (“your”)	Ankaranızda	Ankaralarınızda
onların (“their”)	Ankarasında or Ankaralarında	Ankaralarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Ankaramdan	Ankaralarımdan
sənin (“your”)	Ankarandan	Ankaralarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Ankarasından	Ankaralarından
bizim (“our”)	Ankaramızdan	Ankaralarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Ankaranızdan	Ankaralarınızdan
onların (“their”)	Ankarasından or Ankaralarından	Ankaralarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Ankaramın	Ankaralarımın
sənin (“your”)	Ankaranın	Ankaralarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Ankarasının	Ankaralarının
bizim (“our”)	Ankaramızın	Ankaralarımızın
sizin (“your”)	Ankaranızın	Ankaralarınızın
onların (“their”)	Ankarasının or Ankaralarının	Ankaralarının

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋkara]

Proper noun

Ankara f (related adjective ankarský, demonym Ankařan)

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Ankara (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Ankara
genitive	Ankary
dative	Ankaře
accusative	Ankaru
vocative	Ankaro
locative	Ankaře
instrumental	Ankarou

Further reading

• Ankara in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dagbani

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ankara

1. Accra (the capital city of Ghana)

French

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Angora

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Ankara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ka.ʁa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Ankara f

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

   Holonym: Turquie

Related terms

• Ancyre

 

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Ankara n (proper noun, genitive Ankaras or (optionally with an article) Ankara)

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔán.kà.rà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔáŋ.kə̀.rə̀]
• Hyphenation: An‧kà‧r̃à

Proper noun

Ankàr̃à f

1. Accra (the capital city of Ghana)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Turkish Ankara, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈkara/
• Hyphenation: An‧ka‧ra

Proper noun

Ankara

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Further reading

• “Ankara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Proper noun

Ankara f (4 declension)

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Ankara (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Ankara	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Ankaru	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Ankaras	—
dative (datīvs)	Ankarai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Ankaru	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Ankarā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Ankara	—

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Ankara f

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Declension

    declension of Ankara

nominative	Ankara
genitive	Ankaros
dative	Ankarai
accusative	Ankarą
instrumental	Ankara
locative	Ankaroje
vocative	Ankara

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Ankara, from Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈka.ra/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: An‧ka‧ra

Proper noun

Ankara f

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Ankara

	singular
nominative	Ankara
genitive	Ankary
dative	Ankarze
accusative	Ankarę
instrumental	Ankarą
locative	Ankarze
vocative	Ankaro

Derived terms

adjective

• ankarski

 

nouns

• ankarczyk
• ankarka

 

Further reading

• Ankara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ankara f

1. Alternative spelling of Ancara

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎnkara/
• Hyphenation: An‧ka‧ra

Proper noun

Ànkara f (Cyrillic spelling А̀нкара)

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈankara]

Proper noun

Ankara f (genitive singular Ankary, declension pattern of žena)

1. Ankara (the capital of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

References

• “Ankara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Angora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈkaɾa/ [ãŋˈka.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: An‧ka‧ra

Proper noun

Ankara ?

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. Ankara (a province in Turkey)

Related terms

• angorense

 

Turkish

Ankara ili

Ankara'nın ilçeleri

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges with the Cubuk to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from Hittite Ankuwash, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“elbow, bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑn.kɑ.ɾɑ], [ˈɑŋ.kɑ.ɾɑ]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.ɾɑ]

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Proper noun

Ankara

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. (metonymically, colloquial) the Turkish government.
3. Ankara (a province of Turkey)
4. Ankara (a river in Turkey)

Declension

    declension of Ankara

	singular	plural
nominative	Ankara	Ankaralar / Ankara'lar
accusative	Ankara'yı	Ankaraları / Ankara'ları
dative	Ankara'ya	Ankaralara / Ankara'lara
locative	Ankara'da	Ankaralarda / Ankara'larda
ablative	Ankara'dan	Ankaralardan / Ankara'lardan
genitive	Ankara'nın	Ankaraların / Ankara'ların

Coordinate terms

• (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak ^{(Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)}

Derived terms

• Ankaralı