Ἄγκυρα

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Ἄγκυρα is the ancient Greek name for the city historically known as Ancyra, which later became Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey.

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Ἄγκυρα canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
former city name
historical settlement
alternativeLatinizedForm Ancyra
ancientNameForm Ancyra
associatedEmpire Byzantine Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms
Roman Empire
associatedPeople Galatians
Greeks
Phrygians
Romans
associatedReligion ancient Greek religion
early Christianity
currentCountryCapital Ankara
surface form: Ankara is capital of Turkey
GreekNameOf Ancyra
Ankara
hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn Ulus district of Ankara
hasArchaeologicalSite Monumentum Ancyranum
surface form: Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara
hasCoordinateApprox 39.93°N 32.86°E
historicalRegion Anatolia
surface form: Byzantine Anatolia

Galatia
Phrygia
Roman province of Galatia
surface form: Roman Galatia
languageOfName Ancient Greek
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia
locatedInPresentDay Ankara Province
Turkey
mentionedIn Roman historical texts
ancient Greek sources
modernSuccessorCity Ankara
nameEtymologyLanguage Greek
nameMeaning anchor
nearRiver tributaries of the Sakarya River
predecessorOf Ottoman-era Ankara
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
surface form: Republican-era Ankara
scriptOfName Greek alphabet
servedAs administrative center in central Anatolia
capital of the Roman province of Galatia
important city in the Byzantine Empire
timePeriod Byzantine period
Hellenistic period
Roman period
topographicalFeature situated on a plateau
transliteration Ánkyra
urbanContinuity site continuously inhabited from antiquity to present

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Ancyra knownAs Ἄγκυρα