Ankara

American  

[ang-ker-uh, ahng-] / ˈæŋ kər ə, ˈɑŋ- /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Turkey, in the central part.

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Ankara British  

/ ˈæŋkərə /

noun

1. Former name (until 1930): Angora.  Ancient name: Ancyra.  the capital of Turkey: an ancient city in the Anatolian highlands: first a capital in the 3rd century _bc , in the Celtic kingdom of Galatia. Pop: 3 593 000 (2005 est)

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Ankara Cultural  

1. Capital of Turkey, located in west-central Turkey; the country's administrative, commercial, and cultural center.

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Formerly known as Angora; home of Angora goats, famous for their fine wool.

Example Sentences

The man had arrived in Turkey two months earlier to take a job on a construction site in Ankara.

From The Wall Street Journal

The museum contacted Ankara because the piece "had been donated by the wife of a US consul general who served in Istanbul in the 1940s", she said.

From Barron's

"We have been experiencing the most intense moments of the war in the last few days," he told a news conference in Ankara alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul.

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"Much will depend on the risks Baku and its ally Ankara are willing to take in responding to the attack."

From Barron's

Ankara in 2012 reportedly divulged to Iran the identities of up to 10 Iranian citizens who were spying for Israel and gathering information on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program.

From The Wall Street Journal