English Explanatory Dictionary

Konya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
  2. A city, the capital of Konya Province, Turkey.
name
  1. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈkoʊnjə/ /ˈkɒnjə/

Word forms

Konya Konyas

Etymology

From Turkish Konya and Ottoman Turkish قونیه (Konya), from Byzantine Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaptation of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Doublet of Iconium.

Synonyms

Iconium Ikonion
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