Tourkia
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Tourkia may be:
- the modern Greek name of TurkeyName of TurkeyThe English for Turkey is derived via Old French Turquie from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, Greek Τουρκια. It is first used in Middle English , attested in Chaucer, ca...
- in medieval Greek (9th-11th centuries), the name of the Khazar Khaganate ("eastern Tourkia") and of the HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
("western Tourkia")