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The Greek spelling provided for this name does not match with the transcription: Ἀνατολή is romanized as Anatole, not as Anatolia. The ancient Greek spelling should be Ἀνατολία:
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http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1
(in English)
The modern Greek spelling is definitely Ανατολία. That is another thing to note here: the name is also used in modern Greece, not just ancient Greece.
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1
(in English)
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https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1
(in modern Greek; mentions Ανατολία)
With that said, the following countries also use the name Anatolia for the region:
• Finland:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
(in Finnish)
• Georgia:
https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90
(in Georgian; their spelling is ანატოლია)
• Italy:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
(in Italian)
• Norway:
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
(in Norwegian)
• Poland:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
(in Polish)
• Romania:
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
(in Romanian)
• Spain:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
(in Spanish)
―
Lucille
5/21/2020
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- http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1 (in English)
The modern Greek spelling is definitely Ανατολία. That is another thing to note here: the name is also used in modern Greece, not just ancient Greece.
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1 (in English)
- https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%91%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1 (in modern Greek; mentions Ανατολία)
With that said, the following countries also use the name Anatolia for the region:
• Finland: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia (in Finnish)
• Georgia: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90 (in Georgian; their spelling is ანატოლია)
• Italy: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia (in Italian)
• Norway: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia (in Norwegian)
• Poland: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia (in Polish)
• Romania: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia (in Romanian)
• Spain: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia (in Spanish)