Kizzuwatna
English
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editFrom 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 Latin Καταονία.
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- (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.