Ottoman Empire

American  

noun

1. a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Constantinople.

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Ottoman Empire British  

noun

1. Also called: Turkish Empire.  the former Turkish empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa, which lasted from the late 13th century until the end of World War I

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Ottoman Empire ¹ Cultural  

1. An empire developed by the Turks between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries; it was succeeded in the 1920s by the present-day republic of Turkey. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire included, besides present-day Turkey, large parts of the Middle East and southeastern Europe.

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Ottoman Empire ² Cultural  

1. An empire developed by Turks between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries. It was succeeded in the 1920s by the present-day republic of Turkey. At its greatest extent, the Ottoman Empire included many parts of southeastern Europe and the Middle East.

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Example Sentences

While the ad for the in-universe furniture store Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire plays, a phone number with a South Bay area code flashes in a supertitle.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

The Gallipoli campaign, part of a British-led effort to defeat the Ottoman Empire, aimed to secure a naval route through the Dardanelles from the Mediterranean Sea to Constantinople, now Istanbul, in Turkey.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

In the early 1920s the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the dynasty’s rule was abolished by the new Turkish Republic led by Mustafa Kemal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

It became a vibrant crossroads under the Ottoman Empire, said Artega, 55, and its population grew to around 25,000 as a construction boom took off.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

With Turkey’s collapse, the seven-century-old Turkish Ottoman Empire vanished into history.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman