Meanings
plural Anatolias · alternative obsolete Natolia
- 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.
Meronym: Central Anatolia
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Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth
Near-synonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye
Synonyms: Asia Minor, Lesser Asia, Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA 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.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀνατολή“sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”
- Medieval LatinAnatolia
- EnglishAnatolia
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic الأَنَاضُول, الْأَنَضُول
- الأَنَاضُول (al-ʔanāḍūl)peninsula of West Asia
- الْأَنَضُول (al-ʔanaḍūl)peninsula of West Asia
Bengali আনাতোলিয়া
- আনাতোলিয়া (anatōliẏa)peninsula of West Asia
Bulgarian Анадо́л
- Анадо́л (Anadól)peninsula of West Asia
Catalan Anatòlia
- Anatòliapeninsula of West Asia
Chinese Mandarin 安納托利亞 /安纳托利亚, 安那托利亞 /安那托利亚
- 安納托利亞 /安纳托利亚 (Ānnàtuōlìyǎ)peninsula of West Asia
- 安那托利亞 /安那托利亚 (Ānnàtuōlìyà)peninsula of West Asia
- 阿納多盧 /阿纳多卢peninsula of West Asia
- 小亞細亞 /小亚细亚 (Xiǎo-Yàxìyà)peninsula of West Asia
Czech Anatolie
- Anatoliepeninsula of West Asia
Danish Anatolien
- Anatolienpeninsula of West Asia
Dutch Anatolië
- Anatoliëpeninsula of West Asia
Estonian Anatoolia
- Anatooliapeninsula of West Asia
Finnish Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
French Anatolie
- Anatoliepeninsula of West Asia
German Anatolien
- Anatolienpeninsula of West Asia
Greek Ανατολία
- Ανατολία (Anatolía)peninsula of West Asia
Hebrew אָנָטוֹלְיָה
- אָנָטוֹלְיָה (anatolya)peninsula of West Asia
Hindi अनातोलिया, रूम
- अनातोलिया (anātoliyā)peninsula of West Asia
- रूम (rūm)peninsula of West Asia
Hungarian Anatólia
- Anatóliapeninsula of West Asia
Indonesian Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Irish An Anatóil, Leithinis na hAnatóile
- An Anatóilpeninsula of West Asia
- Leithinis na hAnatóilepeninsula of West Asia
Italian Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Japanese アナトリア
- アナトリア (Anatoria)peninsula of West Asia
Korean 아나톨리아
- 아나톨리아 (Anatollia)peninsula of West Asia
Latvian Anatolija
- Anatolijapeninsula of West Asia
Lithuanian Anatolija
- Anatolijapeninsula of West Asia
Malay Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Polish Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Portuguese Anatólia
- Anatóliapeninsula of West Asia
Romanian Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Russian Анато́лия
- Анато́лия (Anatólija)peninsula of West Asia
Slovak Anatólia
- Anatóliapeninsula of West Asia
Spanish Anatolia
- Anatoliapeninsula of West Asia
Swedish Anatolien
- Anatolienpeninsula of West Asia
Thai อานาโตเลีย
- อานาโตเลีย (aa-naa-dtoo-liia)peninsula of West Asia
Turkish Anadolu, Küçük Asya
- Anadolupeninsula of West Asia
- Küçük Asyapeninsula of West Asia
Ukrainian Анато́лія
- Анато́лія (Anatólija)peninsula of West Asia
Urdu اَناطولِیَہ
- اَناطولِیَہ (anātoliya)peninsula of West Asia
Vietnamese Tiểu Á
- Tiểu Ápeninsula of West Asia
Yiddish אַנאַטאָליע
- אַנאַטאָליע (anatolye)peninsula of West Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Anatolia
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Anatolia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anatolia
“Anatolia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anatolia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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