Ankara
Syllables: An·ka·ra/ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/US/ˈɑːŋ.kə.ɹə/
Ankara proper noun: the capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.
Proper noun
Ankara
- 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
- The Turkish government.
- A province and metropolitan municipality in central Turkey around the city.
- A small river in Ankara Province, Turkey near the city, a tributary of the Sakarya.
Noun
Ankara (uncountable)
Ankara meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Ankara in Hindi
- capital of Turkey
- अंकारा aṅkārā
Ankara in Marathi
- capital of Turkey
- अंकारा aṅkārā
Ankara in Urdu
- capital of Turkey
- اَن٘قَرَہ aṅqara
Ankara in Bengali
- capital of Turkey
- আঙ্কারা aṅkara
More languagesFewer languages
- Ankara in Pashto
- انقره anqara
- Ankara in Tagalog
- Ankara
- Ankara in Arabic
- أَنْقَرَة ʔanqara, أَنْكُورِيَة ʔankūriya
- Ankara in Malay
- Ankara
- Ankara in Indonesian
- Ankara
- Ankara in Thai
- อังการา ang-gaa-râa
- Ankara in Vietnamese
- Ăng-ca-ra
- Ankara in Myanmar
- အန်ကာရာမြို့ ankaramrui.
Synonyms of Ankara
Origin of Ankara
Borrowed from Turkish Ankara and 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 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.
Questions about Ankara
- What does Ankara mean?
- Ankara means the capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.
- What is Ankara in Hindi?
- Ankara in Hindi is अंकारा (aṅkārā). See Ankara meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ankara?
- Ankara can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Ankara?
- Ankara is pronounced /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/ (UK).
Words near Ankara in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Ankara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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