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Where does “Cappadocia” come from?

Cappadocia comes from Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία, from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣, a region in what is now central Turkey.

Ancestry of “Cappadocia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCappadocia—
2Ancient GreekΚαππαδοκία—
3Old Persian𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣—
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