# Anatolia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌænəˈtəʊli.ə/ · frequency rank #38,279

## Definitions
1. A peninsula in West Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **Antonia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anatolia-vs-antonia)
- **anabolic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anabolic-vs-anatolia)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aantolia`, `anaotlia`, `anatloia`, `anatoila`, `anatolai`, `anatollia`, `anattolia`, `annatolia`, `antaolia`, `naatolia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anatolia