Kizzuwatna

English

Alternative forms

• Kizzuwadna

Etymology

from Luwian [script needed] (Kizz, “side”) + Luwian [script needed] (Uwatna, “land”). Translated in Hittite [script needed] (Kez Udnē, “Land on the Side”)

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.