Does Cappadocia mean 'the land of beautiful horses'?

Millions of visitors descend on 'the land of beautiful horses' - Cappadocia - every year, but a famous photographer has now revealed how he hastily invented the moniker under pressure from military authorities With its fairy chimneys and hot air balloons, Cappadocia in central Turkey is a world-renowned touristic region, but the meaning of its name is still a matter of debate as seen in the latest claim by a famous Turkish photographer.

Writing for the August 2015 issue of #tarih magazine, photographer and researcher Ozan Sa?d?ç suggested that Cappadocia does not mean "the land of beautiful horses," as he had to make up the name to avoid the wrath of the 1980 coup administration in Turkey.

Although "Cappadocia" was first used in an inscription erected in Persia during the rule of Darius the Great (522-486 BC) in Old Persian, Akkadian and Elamite, there has been no scholarly consensus over the meaning of the historical region's name. 

Some had associated the name with the horses that are seen in the ancient inscription alongside the people of Cappadocia who were presenting them as gift or tax to the Persian king. 

More widely accepted etymological explanations, however, associate the name with Khepat, the main god of the region. As Turkish researcher Bilge Umar says, the earliest form of Cappadocia could be "Ketpatukh" (the country of the people of Khepat). 

Other historic suggestions, such as the one by the Pliny the Elder, associates the name with a local creek named Cappadox, which happens to be the name of a son of the Assyrian King Ninus.

Then how come most Turkish guides in Cappadocia still assuredly tell millions of tourists each year that they are in the land of beautiful horses?

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