Cappadocia
/kæpəˈdoʊʃə/
Cappadocia proper noun: a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
Proper noun
Cappadocia
- A historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
- A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century.
Cappadocia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Arabic
Cappadocia in Hindi
- historical region
- कप्पदूकिया kappadūkiyā
Cappadocia in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Cappadocia in Sanskrit
- historical region
- कतपतुक katapatuka
Cappadocia in Arabic
- historical region
- قَبَاذُق qabāḏuq, قَبَادُوقِيَّة qabādūqiyya
More languagesFewer languages
- Cappadocia in Persian
- کاپادوکیه kâpâdokye, کاپادوسیه kâpâdosye
- Cappadocia in Thai
- แคปพาโดเชีย káeppaadohchia
Origin of Cappadocia
From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /katpatuka/).
Words formed from Cappadocia
Questions about Cappadocia
- What does Cappadocia mean?
- Cappadocia means a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
- What is Cappadocia in Hindi?
- Cappadocia in Hindi is कप्पदूकिया (kappadūkiyā). See Cappadocia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Cappadocia?
- Cappadocia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cappadocia?
- Cappadocia is pronounced /kæpəˈdoʊʃə/.
Words near Cappadocia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cappadocia (page history and authors); Cappadocia (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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