Kizzuwatna

English

Alternative forms

• Kizzuwadna

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Luwian [script needed] (Kizzuwatna) possibly from Hittite [script needed] (kēz, “from here, on this side”) + Hittite 𒌓𒉈𒂊 (utnē, “land”), translating to the equivalent of "the land on this (to the) side".

Compare Akkadian [script needed] (Kisuatni), Egyptian [script needed] (Qode) and Ancient Greek Καταονία (Kataonía).

Proper noun

Kizzuwatna

1. (historical) An ancient Anatolian kingdom situated in the highlands of southeastern Anatolia, near the Gulf of İskenderun in modern-day Turkey, and centered on the city of Kummanni.