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{{also|Ankarą|ankara}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}
{{wikivoyage}}
{{Commonscat}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|en|tr|Ankara}} and {{bor|en|ota|آنقره|tr=Ankara}}, from {{der|en|gkm|-}} and {{der|en|grc|Ἄγκυρα}}, from {{m|grc|ἄγκυρα||[[anchor]], [[hook]]}} in reference to the bend in the [[Çölova]] River before it merges with the [[Cubuk]] to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from {{der|en|hit||tr=Ankuwaš}}{{attn|hit}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂enk-||[[elbow]], [[bend]], [[curve]]}}. The river and province are named for the city. {{doublet|en|Angora|angle|anchor}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ankara.wav|a=Southern England}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q3640}}{{place|en|capital city|c/Turkey}}.
# {{lb|en|metonymy}} The [[Turkish]] [[government]].
# {{place|en|province|in|c/Turkey}} around the [[city]].
# {{place|en|river|c/Turkey}} near the [[city]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Sakarya]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|Angora}} {{q|historical}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|capital of Turkey}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Ankara}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Ankaraja|f}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|አንካራ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَنْقَرَة|f}}, {{qualifier|archaic}} {{t|ar|أَنْكُورِيَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|أنقرة|f|tr=ʔanqara}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|أنقرة|f|tr=ʔangara, ʔanqara}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|Անկարա}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܐܲܢܩܵܪܵܐ|tr=Anqāra|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Ankara}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|Ankara}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Анкара́|f}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|আঙ্কারা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|Анка́ра|f}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|[[အန်ကာရာ]][[မြို့]]}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Ankara}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|安卡拉|tr=on1 kaa1 laai1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|安卡拉|tr=Ānkǎlā}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Ankara}}
* Danish: {{t|da|Ankara}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Ankara|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Ankara}}, {{t+|eo|Ankaro}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Ankara}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Ankara}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Ankara|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Ancara}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ანკარა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ankara|n}}, {{t+|de|Angora|n}} {{q|especially formerly}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Άγκυρα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|Ἄγκῡρα|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|אַנְקָרָה|f|tr=ankara}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|अंकारा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Ankara}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|Ankara}}
* Ido: {{t|io|Ankara}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|Ankara}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|Ankara}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Ankara}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Ankara|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アンカラ|tr=Ankara}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|Анкара}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អង់ការ៉ា}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^앙카라}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|ئەنقەرە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|Enqere}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|Анкара}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ອັງກາລາ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|Ancyra|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Ankara|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|Ankara|f}}
* Low German: {{t|nds|Ankara}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Анкара|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|Ankara}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Ankara}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|अंकारा|n}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|Анкара}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Ankʼawa}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|Ankara}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|آنقاره|tr=Anḳara}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|انقره|f|tr=anqara}}
* Persian:
*: Classical Persian: {{t|fa-cls|اَنْقَرَه}}
*: Dari: {{t|prs|اَنْقَرَه}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|آنکارا|tr=Ânkârâ}}, {{t|fa-ira|انگوریه|tr=Angureye}}, {{t+|fa-ira|انگوره|tr=Angure}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Ankara|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Ancara|f}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|Añgkera}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|Ankara}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Анкара́|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|А̀нкара|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Ànkara|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|Àncara|f}},  {{t|scn|Àncura|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|Ankara|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|Ankara|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Angora|f}}, {{t+|es|Ankara}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Ankara}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|Ankara}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|Анқара}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|Әнкара}}
* Thai: {{t|th|อังการา}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Ankara}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Ankara}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Анкара́|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|انقرہ|m|tr=anqāra}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئەنقەرە}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|Anqara}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|Ăng-ca-ra}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|Ankara}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אַנקאַראַ|n}}
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===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# A [[West African]] [[fabric]].

===References===
* "[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ankara Ankara]", ''New World Encyclopedia''.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaaknr|Arakan|Kanara|Nakara|Naraka}}

==Afrikaans==
{{wp|lang=af}}

===Proper noun===
{{af-proper noun}}

# {{place|af|capital city|c/Turkey|t1=Ankara}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|af|Ankarioot}}
* {{l|af|Ankarioties}}

==Azerbaijani==
{{swp|lang=az}}
{{az-variant|Анкара}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|az|proper noun}}

# {{place|az|city/and/province|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{az-latin-decl-noun|a}}

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Proper noun===
{{cs-proper noun|f|adj=ankarský|dem=Ankařan}}

# {{place|cs|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|cs|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|f.sg}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

==Dagbani==
{{wp|lang=dag}}

===Etymology===
{{rfe|dag}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|dag|proper noun}}

# {{place|dag|capital city|c/Ghana|t1=Accra}}

==French==
{{wp|lang=fr}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|fr|Angora|q=obsolete}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|tr|Ankara}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Ankara.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{fr-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|fr|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|fr|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
#: {{holo|fr|Turquie}}

====Related terms====
{{col3|fr
|Ancyre
}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-Ankara.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{de-proper noun|toponym}}

# {{place|de|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|de|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

==Hausa==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|ha}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ha-IPA|Ankàr̃à}}
* {{hyphenation|ha|An|kà|r̃à}}

===Proper noun===
{{ha-proper noun|f|Ankàr̃à}}

# {{place|ha|capital city|c/Ghana|t=Accra}}

==Hungarian==
{{wp|lang=hu}}
[[File:Ankara (16290014657).jpg|thumb]]

===Etymology===
{{bor+|hu|tr|Ankara}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|hu|An|ka|ra}}
* {{rhymes|hu|rɒ|s=3}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|hu|proper noun}}

# {{place|hu|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|Ankará|o|n=sg}}{{hu-pos-tok|Ankará|n=sg}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|hu
|ankarai
}}

==Indonesian==
{{wikipedia||lang=id}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|id|tr|Ankara}}, ultimately from {{der|id|grc|Ἄγκυρα}}, from {{m|grc|ἄγκυρα||anchor}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|/anˈkara/}}
* {{hyphenation|id|An|ka|ra}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|id|proper noun|}}

# {{place|id|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|id|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Latvian==

===Proper noun===
{{lv-proper noun|f|4}}

# {{place|lv|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|lv|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{lv-decl-noun|Ankar|a|4th|no-pl||||proper}}

==Lithuanian==
{{wikipedia|lang=lt}}

===Proper noun===
{{lt-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|lt|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|lt|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{lt-noun-f-a-unc|Ankar}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|tr|Ankara}}, from {{der|pl|ota|آنقره|tr=Ankara}}, from {{der|pl|grc|Ἄγκυρα}}, from {{m|grc|ἄγκυρα}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-Ankara.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{pl-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|pl|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|pl|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-f|tantum=s}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adjective|ankarski}}
{{col-auto|pl|title=nouns|ankarczyk|ankarka}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{cln|pl|exonyms}}

==Portuguese==

===Proper noun===
{{pt-proper noun|f}}

# {{alternative spelling of|pt|Ancara}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sh-IPA|Ànkara}}
* {{hyphenation|sh|An|ka|ra}}

===Proper noun===
{{sh-proper noun|g=f|head=Ànkara}}

# {{place|sh|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|sh|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

==Slovak==
{{wp|lang=sk}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA}}

===Proper noun===
{{sk-proper noun|f|gen=Ankary|decl=žena}}

# {{place|sk|capital|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|sk|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

===References===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Spanish==
{{wikipedia|lang=es}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|es|Angora}}

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Proper noun===
{{es-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|es|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|es|province|in|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es|angorense}}

==Turkish==
{{wikipedia|lang=tr}}
[[Image:Locator_map-Ankara_Province.png|thumb|Ankara ili]]
[[File:Ankara_districts.png|thumb|Ankara'nın ilçeleri]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tr|ota|آنقره|tr=Ankara}}, from {{der|tr|gkm|-}} and {{der|tr|grc|Ἄγκυρα}}, from {{m|grc|ἄγκυρα||[[anchor]], [[hook]]}} in reference to the bend in the [[Çölova]] River before it merges with the [[Cubuk]] to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from {{der|tr|hit|Ankuwash}}, ultimately from {{der|tr|ine-pro|*h₂eng-||[[elbow]], [[bend]], [[curve]]}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|[ˈɑn.kɑ.ɾɑ]|[ˈɑŋ.kɑ.ɾɑ]}}
* {{IPA|tr|[ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.ɾɑ]|a=dialectal}}
* {{audio|tr|Ankara - TR.wav}}
* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Ankara.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{tr-proper noun}}

# {{place|tr|capital city|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{lb|tr|metonym|colloquial}} the [[Turkish]] [[government]].
# {{place|tr|province|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}
# {{place|tr|river|c/Turkey|t=Ankara}}

====Declension====
{{tr-prop-v-aı|prop=1|poss=1}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{list:provinces of Turkey/tr}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|tr|Ankaralı}}