Alanya

== Turkish == === Etymology 1 === Reportedly a misspelling by Ataturk of the Romanization Alaiye of the name علائیه, so named after Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad I. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɑˈɫɑn.jɑ/ ==== Proper noun ==== Alanya a city and district of Antalya Province, Turkey ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Alanyalı === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Russian Алания (Alanija), from Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί (Alanoí), from Proto-Sarmatian *Allān. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɑˈɫɑn.jɑ/ ==== Proper noun ==== Alanya (historical) a medieval kingdom of the Alans (proto-Ossetians) in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of the modern republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania in modern Russia, existing from the 9th to 13th centuries CE. (colloquial) North Ossetia-Alania: North Ossetia-Alania (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains). ===== Related terms ===== Alan ===== See also ===== Osetya