Cappadocia

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/kæpəˈdoʊʃə//-ˈdoʊkiə/

proper noun

A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.

OriginLatin Cappadocia ← Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία ← Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
  2. A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Origin

  1. Old Persian𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣
  2. Ancient GreekΚαππαδοκία
  3. LatinCappadocia
  4. EnglishCappadocia

From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

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Translations

Afrikaans Kappadosië
  • Kappadosiëhistorical region
Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία
  • Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía)historical region
Arabic قَبَاذُق, قَبَادُوقِيَّة
  • قَبَاذُق (qabāḏuq)historical region
  • قَبَادُوقِيَّة (qabādūqiyya)historical region
Bulgarian Кападокия
  • Кападокия (Kapadokija)historical region
Catalan Capadòcia
  • Capadòciahistorical region
Chinese Mandarin 卡帕多細亞 /卡帕多细亚
  • 卡帕多細亞 /卡帕多细亚 (Kǎpàduōxìyà)historical region
Czech Kappadokie
  • Kappadokiehistorical region
Danish Kappadokien
  • Kappadokienhistorical region
Dutch Cappadocië
  • Cappadociëhistorical region
Estonian Kapadookia
  • Kapadookiahistorical region
Finnish Kappadokia
  • Kappadokiahistorical region
French Cappadoce
  • Cappadocehistorical region
German Kappadokien
  • Kappadokienhistorical region
Greek Καππαδοκία
  • Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía)historical region
Hebrew קפדוקיה
  • קפדוקיהhistorical region
Hindi कप्पदूकिया
  • कप्पदूकिया (kappadūkiyā)historical region
Hungarian Kappadókia
  • Kappadókiahistorical region
Icelandic Kappadókía
  • Kappadókíahistorical region
Irish an Chapadóic
  • an Chapadóichistorical region
Italian Cappadocia
  • Cappadociahistorical region
Japanese カッパドキア
  • カッパドキア (Kappadokia)historical region
Korean 카파도키아
  • 카파도키아 (kapadokia)historical region
Latin Cappadocia
  • Cappadociahistorical region
Latvian Kapadokija
  • Kapadokijahistorical region
Lithuanian Kapadokija
  • Kapadokijahistorical region
Norwegian Bokmål Kappadokia
  • Kappadokiahistorical region
Persian کاپادوکیه, کاپادوسیه
  • کاپادوکیه (kâpâdokye)historical region
  • کاپادوسیه (kâpâdosye)historical region
Polish Kapadocja
  • Kapadocjahistorical region
Portuguese Capadócia
  • Capadóciahistorical region
Romanian Cappadocia, Capadocia
  • Cappadociahistorical region
  • Capadociahistorical region
  • Capadochiahistorical region
Russian Каппадо́кия
  • Каппадо́кия (Kappadókija)historical region
Slovak Kapadócia
  • Kapadóciahistorical region
Spanish Capadocia
  • Capadociahistorical region
Swedish Kappadokien
  • Kappadokienhistorical region
Thai แคปพาโดเชีย
  • แคปพาโดเชีย (káeppaadohchia)historical region
Turkish Kapadokya
  • Kapadokyahistorical region
Ukrainian Каппадокі́я
  • Каппадокі́я (Kappadokíja)historical region
Cite this entry
APA

Cappadocia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cappadocia

MLA

“Cappadocia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cappadocia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cappadocia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cappadocia.

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