angora =الأنقرة

angora =الأنقرة

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

angora (n.)

type of wool, 1810, from Angora, city in central Turkey (ancient Ancyra, modern Ankara), which gave its name to the goat (1745 in English), and to its silk-like wool, and to a cat whose fur resembles it (1771 in English). The city name is from the Greek word for "anchor, bend" (see angle (n.)).

WIKIPEDIA:

In classical antiquity and during the medieval period, the city was known as Ánkyra (Άγκυρα, "anchor") in Greek and Ancyra in Latin;