Anatolia
a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia.
- Compare Asia Minor.
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How to use Anatolia in a sentence
Fatma Toru, a member of the AKP, was elected mayor in the town of Meram in central Anatolia.
Turkey Faces More Strife After Erdogan’s Election Win | Thomas Seibert | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA good-looking woman, she maintained a no-nonsense approach on her pioneering digs in south-east Anatolia.
The Week in Death: The First Muslim Female Olympian Snubbed Adolf Hitler | The Telegraph | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 12th book commences with a detailed account of Anatolia, and contains the northern part.
We dont even care who governs us now, said a Turk of position to the writer (then a prisoner in Turkish hands in Anatolia).
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramZikki Bey warned us that everybody at Psamatia would be sent into Anatolia very shortly.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan Bott
The one was established in China, the other in Syria and in Anatolia.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleOf the coast of Anatolia, they possessed the entire circuit from Trebizond to the Syrian gates.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for Anatolia
/ (ˌænəˈtəʊlɪə) /
the Asian part of Turkey, occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: consists of a plateau, largely mountainous, with salt lakes in the interior: Historical name: Asia Minor
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