Kizzuwatna

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proper noun

An ancient Anatolian kingdom situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, near the Gulf of İskenderun in modern-day Turkey, and centered on the city of Kummanni.

OriginHittite 𒆳𒌷𒆠𒄑𒍪𒉿𒀜𒈾 →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kizzuwadna

  1. historicalAn ancient Anatolian kingdom situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, near the Gulf of İskenderun in modern-day Turkey, and centered on the city of Kummanni.

Origin

  1. Hittite𒆳𒌷𒆠𒄑𒍪𒉿𒀜𒈾
  2. EnglishKizzuwatna

Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒆳𒌷𒆠𒄑𒍪𒉿𒀜𒈾 (KURᵁᴿᵁki-iz-zu-wa-at-na /⁠Kizzuwatna⁠/) possibly from [script needed] (kēz, “from here, on this side”) + 𒌓𒉈𒂊 (utnē, “land”), translating to the equivalent of "the land on this (to the) side". Compare Neo-Assyrian 𒌷𒆠𒋢𒀜𒉌 (ᵁᴿᵁki-su-at-ni /⁠Kisuatni⁠/), Egyptian q-A-DA-wA-d:n-xAst (qꜣḏꜣwꜣdn) and qd-d:y-xAst (qdy), and Ancient Greek Καταονία (Kataonía).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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