KUTAIAH, or KUTAYA (the ancient Cotyæum), a town of Asiatic Turkey, pashalic of Anatolia, at the foot of the Pursak Mountains, and on the river of that name, 180 miles N.E. of Smyrna. N. Lat. 39. 25., E. Long. 29. 45. The town is large and populous, and has numerous mosques, public baths, fountains, and khans. On a projecting point of a hill, rising above the town, is an ancient castle. The surrounding country is well watered and fertile, producing grain, cotton, gall-nuts, and fruits, which, with wool and goats' hair are important articles of trade. Kutaiah is noted as the centre of that tract where the famous Turkey carpets are manufactured.