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Anatolia

ana·to·lia

UK/ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/ US/ˌænəˈtoʊli.ə/ rare

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a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey

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From Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.

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