Ankara

Ankarą ankara English Etymology 1 en :bor tr:Ankara 1 en tr Ankara and en ota آنقره Ankara, from en gkm - and en grc Ἄγκυρα, from grc ἄγκυρα 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 en hit 𒌷𒀭𒆪𒉿 Ankuwa, ultimately from en ine-pro *h₂enk- elbow, bend, curve. The river and province are named for the city. en Angora angle anchor. Pronunciation en /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ankara.wav Southern England en /ˈɑːŋ.kə.ɹə/ GA en An ka ra Proper noun en Q3640en capital city c/Turkey ;and the capital p/Ankara. en-US w:Andrew Marantz The Battle for the Bros w:The New Yorker 2025-03-17 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-battle-for-the-bros 0028-792X 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260913105127/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-battle-for-the-bros 13 September 2026 en metonymy The Turkish government. en Q2297724en province/and/metropolitan municipality in central c/Turkey *around the city. en Q2850284en small river p/Ankara c/Turkey *near the city, a tributary of the Sakarya. Synonyms en Angora historical Translations capital of Turkey Afrikaans: af Ankara Albanian: sq Ankaraja f definite, sq Ankara f indefinite Amharic: am አንካራ Arabic: ar أَنْقَرَة f, ar أَنْكُورِيَة f archaic Egyptian Arabic: arz أنقرة f ʔanqara Hijazi Arabic: acw أنقرة f ʔangara, ʔanqara Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܲܢܩܵܪܵܐ Anqāra f Armenian: hy Անկարա Asturian: ast Ankara, ast Ancara Azerbaijani: az Ankara Basque: eu Ankara Belarusian: be Анкара́ f Bengali: bn আঙ্কারা Bulgarian: bg Анка́ра f Burmese: my အန်ကာရာမြို့ Catalan: ca Ankara f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 安卡拉 on1 kaa1 laai1 Mandarin: cmn 安卡拉 Ānkǎlā Czech: cs Ankara f Danish: da Ankara n Dutch: nl Ankara n Esperanto: eo Ankara, eo Ankaro Estonian: et Ankara Finnish: fi Ankara French: fr Ankara f Galician: gl Ancara Georgian: ka ანკარა German: de Ankara n, de Angora n especially formerly Greek: el Άγκυρα f Ancient Greek: grc Ἄγκῡρα f Hebrew: he אַנְקָרָה f ánkara Hindi: hi अंकारा m Hungarian: hu Ankara Icelandic: is Ankara Ido: io Ankara Indonesian: id Ankara Interlingua: ia Ankara Irish: ga Ankara Italian: it Ankara f Japanese: ja アンカラ Ankara Kazakh: kk Анкара Khmer: km អង់ការ៉ា Korean: ko ^앙카라 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئەنقەرە Northern Kurdish: kmr Enqere Kyrgyz: ky Анкара Lao: lo ອັງກາລາ Latin: la Ancyra f Latvian: lv Ankara f Lithuanian: lt Ankara f Low German: nds Ankara Macedonian: mk Анкара f Malay: ms Ankara Maltese: mt Ankara Marathi: mr अंकारा n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Анкара Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Ankara n Pashto: ps انقره f anqara Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls اَنْقَرَه Dari: prs اَنْقَرَه Iranian Persian: fa-ira آنْکارا, fa-ira اَنْگورِیِه, fa-ira اَنْگورِه Polish: pl Ankara f Portuguese: pt Ancara f Rohingya: rhg Añgkera Romanian: ro Ankara f Russian: ru Анкара́ f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh А̀нкара f Latin: sh Ànkara f Sicilian: scn Àncara f, scn Àncura f Slovak: sk Ankara f Slovene: sl Ankara f Spanish: es Angora f, es Ankara Swedish: sv Ankara n Tagalog: tl Ankara Tajik: tg Анқара Tatar: tt Әнкара Thai: th อังการา Turkish: tr Ankara Ottoman Turkish: ota آنقاره Anḳara Turkmen: tk Ankara Ukrainian: uk Анкара́ f Urdu: ur اَن٘قَرَہ m Uyghur: ug ئەنقەرە Uzbek: uz Anqara Vietnamese: vi Ăng-ca-ra Welsh: cy Ankara Yiddish: yi אַנקאַראַ n Etymology 2 Noun - A West African fabric. References "Ankara", New World Encyclopedia. Anagrams en aaaknr Arakan Kanara Nakara Naraka Afrikaans af: Proper noun af Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Related terms af Ankarioot af Ankarioties Azerbaijani az: Анкара Proper noun az proper noun az Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension a Czech cs: Pronunciation Proper noun f ankarský Ankařan cs Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension f.sg Further reading Dagbani dag: Etymology dag Proper noun dag proper noun dag capital city c/Ghana Accra Dutch nl: Etymology Ultimately from nl tr Ankara. nl Pronunciation nl /ˈaːn.ˌkaː.raː/ nl Nl-Ankara.ogg nl An ka ra Proper noun n nl Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 French fr: Alternative forms fr Angora obsolete Etymology fr :bor tr:Ankara fr tr Ankara. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Ankara.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Ankara.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun f fr Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 fr Turquie Related terms fr Ancyre German Pronunciation de De-Ankara.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Hausa Etymology ha Pronunciation Ankàr̃à ha An kà r̃à Proper noun f Ankàr̃à ha capital city c/Ghana Accra Hungarian hu: thumb Etymology hu tr Ankara. Pronunciation hu rɒ 3 hu An ka ra Proper noun hu proper noun hu Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension Ankará o sgAnkará sg Derived terms hu ankarai Indonesian id: Etymology From id tr Ankara, ultimately from id grc Ἄγκυρα, from grc ἄγκυρα anchor. Pronunciation id /anˈkara/ id An ka ra Proper noun id proper noun id Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Further reading Japanese Romanization アンカラ Latvian Proper noun f 4 lv Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension Ankar a 4th no-pl proper Lithuanian lt: Proper noun f lt Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension Ankar Polish pl: Etymology pl tr Ankara, from pl ota آنقره Ankara, from pl grc Ἄγκυρα, from grc ἄγκυρα. Pronunciation Pl-Ankara.ogg Proper noun f pl Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension s Derived terms pl adjective ankarski pl nouns ankarczyk ankarka Further reading pl exonyms Portuguese Proper noun f pt Ancara: pt Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 ## Serbo-Croatian Pronunciation Ànkara sh An ka ra Proper noun Ànkara f sh Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Slovak sk: Pronunciation Proper noun f Ankary žena sk Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 References Slovene sl: Pronunciation Ánkara Proper noun Ánkara f sl Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Declension Ánkar sg Related terms sl Ánkarčan / sl Ánkarčanka sl ánkarski References Spanish es: Alternative forms es Angora Pronunciation Proper noun f es Ankara Q3640,Q2297724 Related terms es angorense Turkish tr: thumb|Ankara ili thumb|Ankara'nın ilçeleri Etymology tr :inh ota:آنقره<tr:Ankara> 1 From tr ota آنقره Ankara, from tr gkm - and tr grc Ἄγκυρα, from grc ἄγκυρα anchor, hook in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges with the Çubuk to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from tr hit Ankuwaš, ultimately from tr ine-pro *h₂eng- elbow, bend, curve. Pronunciation 'Ankara [ˈɑn.kɑ.ɾɑ] [ˈɑŋ.kɑ.ɾɑ] 'Angara [ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.ɾɑ] dialectal tr Tr-Ankara.oga tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Ankara.wav Proper noun tr Ankara Q3640 tr metonym colloquial the Turkish government tr Ankara Q2297724,Q2850284 Declension 1 1 Coordinate terms Derived terms tr Ankaralı Ankara kedisi