Etymology

Konya

Kon·ya
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Today it means: A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey. Full definition →

Turkish Konya ← Ottoman Turkish قونیه ← Medieval Greek Ἰκόνιον
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The story

  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromἸκόνιον
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromقونیه
  3. Turkish · borrowed fromKonya
  4. English todayKonya

From Turkish Konya and Ottoman Turkish قونیه (Konya), from Medieval Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaptation of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Doublet of Iconium.

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