"Ankara" meaning in Turkish

See Ankara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɑn.kɑ.ɾɑ], [ˈɑŋ.kɑ.ɾɑ], [ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.ɾɑ] [dialectal] Audio: Ankara - TR.wav , LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Ankara.wav
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Byzantine 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 Ankuwash, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“elbow, bend, curve”). Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|آنقره|tr=Ankara}} Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), {{der|tr|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{der|tr|grc|Ἄγκυρα}} Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), {{m|grc|ἄγκυρα||anchor, hook}} ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”), {{der|tr|hit|Ankuwash}} Hittite Ankuwash, {{der|tr|ine-pro|*h₂eng-||elbow, bend, curve}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“elbow, bend, curve”) Head templates: {{head|tr|proper noun|head=}} Ankara, {{tr-proper noun}} Ankara Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Ankara [nominative, singular], Ankaralar [nominative, plural], Ankara'lar [nominative, plural], Ankara'yı [accusative, singular], Ankaraları [accusative, plural], Ankara'ları [accusative, plural], Ankara'ya [dative, singular], Ankaralara [dative, plural], Ankara'lara [dative, plural], Ankara'da [locative, singular], Ankaralarda [locative, plural], Ankara'larda [locative, plural], Ankara'dan [ablative, singular], Ankaralardan [ablative, plural], Ankara'lardan [ablative, plural], Ankara'nın [genitive, singular], Ankaraların [genitive, plural], Ankara'ların [genitive, plural]
  1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey) Categories (place): Cities in Turkey, National capitals, Places in Turkey
    Sense id: en-Ankara-tr-name-6xQoI9xe
  2. (metonymically, colloquial) the Turkish government. Tags: colloquial, metonymically
    Sense id: en-Ankara-tr-name-1b6IqkJA Categories (other): Turkish metonyms, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 11 71 9 9
  3. Ankara (a province of Turkey) Categories (place): Places in Turkey, Provinces of Turkey
    Sense id: en-Ankara-tr-name-uREwwvgI
  4. Ankara (a river in Turkey) Categories (place): Places in Turkey, Rivers in Turkey
    Sense id: en-Ankara-tr-name-GfK5er1c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ankaralı

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Artvin"
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    {
      "word": "Aydın"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balıkesir"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bartın"
    },
    {
      "word": "Batman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bayburt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bilecik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bingöl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bitlis"
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    {
      "word": "Bolu"
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    {
      "word": "Burdur"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bursa"
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    {
      "word": "Çanakkale"
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    {
      "word": "Çankırı"
    },
    {
      "word": "Çorum"
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    {
      "word": "Denizli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Diyarbakır"
    },
    {
      "word": "Düzce"
    },
    {
      "word": "Edirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Elâzığ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erzincan"
    },
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      "word": "Erzurum"
    },
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      "word": "Eskişehir"
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    {
      "word": "Gaziantep"
    },
    {
      "word": "Giresun"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gümüşhane"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hakkâri"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hatay"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iğdır"
    },
    {
      "word": "Isparta"
    },
    {
      "word": "İstanbul"
    },
    {
      "word": "İzmir"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kahramanmaraş"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karabük"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karaman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kars"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kastamonu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kayseri"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kırıkkale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kırklareli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kırşehir"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kocaeli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Konya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kütahya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Malatya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Manisa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mardin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mersin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Muğla"
    },
    {
      "word": "Muş"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nevşehir"
    },
    {
      "word": "Niğde"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ordu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Osmaniye"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rize"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sakarya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Samsun"
    },
    {
      "word": "Siirt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sinop"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sivas"
    },
    {
      "word": "Şanlıurfa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Şırnak"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tekirdağ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tokat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Trabzon"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tunceli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uşak"
    },
    {
      "word": "Van"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yalova"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yozgat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zonguldak"
    }
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      "word": "Ankaralı"
    }
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        "plural"
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ankara'lara",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ankara'da",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ankaralarda",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ankara'larda",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ankara'dan",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ankaralardan",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Ankara'lardan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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          "Turkey#English"
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      "ipa": "[ˈɑn.kɑ.ɾɑ]"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɑŋ.kɑ.ɾɑ]"
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    {
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}
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