Meanings
Ankara1
- The capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.
He was born in New Jersey and grew up mostly in Ankara and Istanbul, in an upper-middle-class family, spending summers with relatives in the U.S. and watching a lot of American TV.
2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2025- metonymicallyThe Turkish government.
Ankara2
- uncountableA West African fabric.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enk-“elbow, bend, curve”
- Hittite𒌷𒀭𒆪𒉿
- Ancient GreekἌγκυρα
- Ottoman Turkishآنقره
- TurkishAnkara
- EnglishAnkara
Borrowed from Turkish Ankara and Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Medieval Greek and Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges with the Cubuk to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from Hittite 𒌷𒀭𒆪𒉿 (Ankuwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“elbow, bend, curve”). The river and province are named for the city. Doublet of Angora, angle, and anchor.
More words from Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Ancient Greek Ἄγκῡρα
- Ἄγκῡρα (Ánkūra)capital of Turkey
Arabic أَنْقَرَة, أَنْكُورِيَة
- أَنْقَرَة (ʔanqara)capital of Turkey
- أَنْكُورِيَة (ʔankūriya)capital of Turkey
Basque Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Bengali আঙ্কারা
- আঙ্কারা (aṅkara)capital of Turkey
Bulgarian Анка́ра
- Анка́ра (Ankára)capital of Turkey
Catalan Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Chinese Cantonese 安卡拉
- 安卡拉 (on¹ kaa¹ laai¹)capital of Turkey
Chinese Mandarin 安卡拉
- 安卡拉 (Ānkǎlā)capital of Turkey
Czech Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Danish Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Dutch Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Esperanto Ankara, Ankaro
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
- Ankarocapital of Turkey
Estonian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Finnish Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
French Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
German Ankara, Angora
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
- Angoracapital of Turkey
Greek Άγκυρα
- Άγκυρα (Ágkyra)capital of Turkey
Hebrew אַנְקָרָה
- אַנְקָרָה (ánkara)capital of Turkey
Hindi अंकारा
- अंकारा (aṅkārā)capital of Turkey
Hungarian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Icelandic Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Indonesian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Irish Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Italian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Japanese アンカラ
- アンカラcapital of Turkey
Korean 앙카라
- 앙카라 (Angkara)capital of Turkey
Latin Ancyra
- Ancyracapital of Turkey
Latvian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Lithuanian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Malay Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Norwegian Bokmål Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Polish Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Portuguese Ancara
- Ancaracapital of Turkey
Romanian Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Russian Анкара́
- Анкара́ (Ankará)capital of Turkey
Slovak Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Spanish Angora, Ankara
- Angoracapital of Turkey
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Swedish Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Tagalog Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Thai อังการา
- อังการา (ang-gaa-râa)capital of Turkey
Turkish Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Ukrainian Анкара́
- Анкара́ (Ankará)capital of Turkey
Urdu اَن٘قَرَہ
- اَن٘قَرَہ (aṅqara)capital of Turkey
Vietnamese Ăng-ca-ra
- Ăng-ca-racapital of Turkey
Welsh Ankara
- Ankaracapital of Turkey
Yiddish אַנקאַראַ
- אַנקאַראַ (ankara)capital of Turkey
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Ankara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ankara
“Ankara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ankara. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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