Anatolia

American  

[an-uh-toh-lee-uh] / ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ə /

noun

1. 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.

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Anatolia British  

/ ˌænəˈtəʊlɪə /

noun

1. Historical name: Asia Minor.  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

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Example Sentences

To solve the mystery, researchers analysed DNA from cat bones found at archaeological sites across Europe, North Africa and Anatolia.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Describing Samet as a burned-out case suggests he may have been an effective and dedicated teacher once upon a time, in Anatolia or anywhere.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

In two of the Nature papers, researchers use ancient DNA to track the movement of the first farmers from Anatolia north into Europe, where hunter-gatherers were already living.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

Instead, a study published December 7 in the journal Cell revealed successive waves of migrations from Western Anatolia, central and northern Europe, and the Pontic-Kazakh Steppe during the Empire's reign.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Of these eight, only two, flax and barley, range in the wild at all widely outside the Fertile Crescent and Anatolia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond