Caria
/หkษษriษ/noun
An ancient region of southwestern Anatolia, in present-day Turkey, inhabited by the Carians.
Did you know?Caria was associated with the ancient sanctuary of Hecate at Lagina, one of the most important known cult centers of the goddess in the Hellenistic world.
Etymological Timeline
Late Bronze Age
Anatolian
Karkiya
โA region or polity mentioned in Hittite records, often identified with the later land of Caria, though the identification is not certain.โ
Iron Age
Greek
Kares
โThe Carians, an Anatolian people known in Greek historical and epic traditions.โ
Classical Greek
Greek
Karia
โCaria, the southwestern Anatolian region associated with the Carians.โ
4th Century BCE
Greek
Karia
โA Persian satrapy and later Hellenistic territory centered in southwestern Anatolia.โ
Latin Antiquity
Latin
Caria
โThe Roman geographical name for the region.โ
Modern English
English
Caria
โThe conventional historical name for the ancient region in southwestern Turkey.โ
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