Anatolia

Betekenis (Engels)

A peninsula in West 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.

Sinonieme

Asia Minor

Vertalings

Anatolie

Anadolu

Anatolië

Anatólia

Anatòlia

Anatolia

Anatolia

أناضول

Kleinasien

Μικρά Ασία

Asia Minor

Anatoliya

Ανατολία

Anatolien

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.