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Anatolian

[ an-uh-toh-lee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Anatolia, its inhabitants, or their language.
  2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Anatolian group or family of languages.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Anatolia.
  2. any of various Turkish dialects spoken in Anatolia.
  3. a group or family of extinct languages that includes cuneiform Hittite and its nearest congeners, as Lycian, Lydian, and Luwian.
  4. a variety of Turkish rug woven in Anatolia.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Anatolian1

First recorded in 1580–90; Anatoli(a) + -an
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Example Sentences

My wife has had to buy two new pairs of prescription glasses in the last couple months after Teddy, our three-year-old Anatolian Shepherd, developed a taste for eyewear.

Last week, for example, a Manhattan judge rejected a case brought by Turkey seeking to reclaim an Anatolian idol.

From Ozy

I’m also hooked on “Esmerim Güzelim” by the Amsterdam-based, Turkish-psych-inspired Anatolian act Altin Gün—a love song so smooth and slinky it’s practically liquid, with a chorus that will make you want to learn Turkish.

From Time

The exercise, called Anatolian Eagle, was conducted well out of sight of the wars raging in Syria and Iraq.

“We will not bow our heads to any threat,” the prime minister said during a speech in the central Anatolian city of Konya.

Here you may see the stalwart Anatolian peasant being made into a soldier after the German pattern, and a very good pattern too.

The town on the plain must have been almost intolerable in the fierce Anatolian summer-heat.

The staff of the pachas followed, preceding the grandees who closed the march, mounted on Anatolian chargers.

In both countries they were fused with symbols of Egyptian and Anatolian origin.

One was advantageously situated in the middle of the Anatolian desert at the village of Sultanieh.

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