CountriesTurkeyRank 8 of 9822 words15 placesTurkey22 English words in this atlas point back to Turkey, spread across 15 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidenceturquoiseThe gem is named for the country it was traded through, not where it formed.İstanbulHistorical nameWell attestedsolecismA grammar error is named for a city whose Greek sounded wrong to Athens.SoloiFrom the placeWell attestedmeanderA winding path is named for a river in Anatolia.Büyük MenderesFrom the placeWell attestedangoraThe wool carries the old name of Ankara.AnkaraHistorical nameWell attestedbezantThe coin carries the same old name as the adjective.IstanbulHistorical nameWell attestedByzantineThe word for bureaucratic tangle is an old name for Istanbul.IstanbulHistorical nameWell attestedcasabaThe melon is named for a town in western Turkey.TurgutluHistorical nameWell attestedciliceThe hair shirt is named for a region of southern Anatolia.CiliciaFrom its productWell attestedcolophonyViolinists' rosin is named for an Ionian city.ColophonFrom its productWell attestedjetThe black stone is usually traced to a river in Lycia.GagasHistorical nameProbablePontusA sea's name became a region's.PontusFrom the placeWell attestedturkeyThe American bird is named for a country on the wrong continent.TurkeyHistorical nameWell attestedGordian knotThe knot was tied in a Phrygian capital.GordionFrom the placeWell attestedPhrygian capThe cap of liberty is named for an Anatolian region.PhrygiaFrom the placeWell attestedTrojan horseEvery malicious program of this kind is named for one siege.TroyFrom the placeWell attestedTurkish delightThe sweet is named for the country that exported it.TurkeyFrom its peopleWell attestedNicene-Constantinopolitan CreedThe creed recited every Sunday is named after two towns now in Turkey.İznikHistorical nameWell attestedNicene CreedA creed recited worldwide is named for a Turkish town now famous for tiles.İznikHistorical nameWell attestedNicene FaithThe creed shared by most of Christianity is named for a Turkish tile town.İznikHistorical nameWell attestedurfa biberDried in sun by day and wrapped by night, which is why it stays dark and moist.ŞanlıurfaFrom its productWell attestedcolophoniteThe name reaches a mineral through pine resin, and reaches pine resin through an Ionian city.ColophonIndirectProbableIstanbuliteThe demonym is younger than the city by roughly sixteen centuries, because the official name only changed in 1930.IstanbulFrom the placeWell attestedElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22People's Republic of China21Spain20Japan18India16Mexico13Belgium12Australia11All 98 countries →