Type Settlement
Meaning & History
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ankura) meaning "anchor, hook". This is the name of the capital city of Turkey.
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Type Settlement & River
Usage Turkish, English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Scripts Անկարա(Armenian) Анкара(Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian Cyrillic, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian) আঙ্কারা(Bengali) အန်ကာရာ(Burmese) ანკარა(Georgian) אנקרה(Hebrew) अंकारा(Hindi) アンカラ(Japanese Katakana) آنکارا(Persian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈan.ka.ɾa/(Turkish) /ˈaŋ.ka.ɾa/(Turkish, Macedonian) /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/(English) /ˈɑːŋ.kə.ɹə/(English) /ɑŋ.kɑ.ˈɾɑ/(Eastern Armenian) /ɑŋ.ɡɑ.ˈɾɑ/(Western Armenian) /ɐŋ.ˈka.rə/(Bulgarian) /ʔàɴ.kà.ɹà/(Burmese) /ˈaŋ.ka.ra/(Czech) /ɑ̃.ka.ʁa/(French) /an.kʼa.ra/(Georgian) /ˈaŋ.ka.ʁa/(German) /əŋ.kɑː.ˈɾɑː/(Hindi) /ˈɒŋ.kɒ.rɒ/(Hungarian) /an.ˈka.ra/(Indonesian, Romanian) /ˈan.ka.ra/(Italian, Slovak) /äŋ.kä.ɾä/(Japanese) /ɒːn.kɒː.ˈɾɒː/(Persian) /aŋ.ˈka.ra/(Polish) /ɐn.kɐ.ˈra/(Russian, Ukrainian) /an.ˈka.ɾa/(Spanish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ankura) meaning "anchor, hook", referring to a river bend. This is the name of the capital city of Turkey as well as a river of the same name.