# Konya

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkoʊnjə/ · frequency rank #89,529

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/konya