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konya

/ˈkoʊnjə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
Kon-ya
IPA
/ˈkoʊnjə/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.

name

A city, the capital of Konya Province, Turkey.

name

A female given name.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Konya, قونیه, Ἰκόνιον, -

Inflected Forms

Konyas (plural)

Synonyms

Iconium Ikonion

Questions

How do you pronounce konya?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoʊnjə/.
What does konya mean?
A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
Where does konya come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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