Kizzuwatna
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]from Luwian [script needed] (Kizz, “side”) + Luwian [script needed] (Uwatna, “land”). Translated in Hittite [script needed] (Kez Udnē, “Land on the Side”)
Proper noun
[edit]Kizzuwatna
- (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.