"Türkiye" meaning in English

See Türkiye in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈtʊə(ɹ).kɪə/, [ˈtuːɹ.ki.jə]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Türkiye. First adopted in 2020 by the Turkish Exporters Assembly and then by the Turkish government in December 2021 to replace the exonyms of Turkey in other languages. In English, the change has been attributed to confusion with the noun senses of the homonym turkey. In June 2022, the United Nations accepted the country's request to change its official name there in the UN languages. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|tr|Türkiye}} Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Türkiye, {{m|en|turkey}} turkey Head templates: {{en-prop}} Türkiye
  1. (neologism, official, rare) Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia) Wikipedia link: Endonym and exonym, TRT World Tags: neologism, rare Categories (place): Countries, Turkey Synonyms: Turkiye [informal]
    Sense id: en-Türkiye-en-name-az5LdBOb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms

Alternative forms

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