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

It became a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and a museum under the Republic of Turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal

The British and French had tried to fix borders before, he said, when they took the Middle East from the dying Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

From BBC

Britain took control of the area known as Palestine in World War One, following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled that part of the Middle East.

From BBC

They were removed by British aristocrat Lord Elgin over 200 years ago, while Athens was part of the Ottoman Empire.

From BBC

They were removed by British aristocrat Lord Elgin while Athens was part of the Ottoman Empire and were badly damaged en route to London, where they have been displayed since.

From BBC