Anatolia
English
/ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/
proper noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Anatolia derived from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (sunrise, east, place from where the sun rises, rising).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀνατολή
Gloss
sunrise, east, place from where the sun rises, rising
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
東
Emoji
☀️ 🌄 🌞
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Anatoli English
- Anatolian English
- Anatolianist English
- extra-Anatolian English
- morning-land English
- Anatolia Latin
- Anatolius Latin
- Anatole French
- ἀνατέλλω Ancient Greek
- ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- Anatolia Polish
- ανατολή Greek (modern)
- آناطولی Ottoman Turkish
- Анатолій Belarusian
- въстокъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- Anatolia la-med