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Type Country
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈtɜɹ.ki/(American English) /ˈtɜː.ki/(British English)

Meaning & History

From Latin Turcia, derived from the ethnonym Turk, which is from Old Turkic possibly meaning "ancestry". This is the name of a country situated on the Anatolian peninsula. It is called Türkiye in Turkish.