Anatolia

[ an-uh-toh-lee-uh ]

/ ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ə /

noun

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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Examples from the Web for anatolia

A 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|DAILY BEAST
His extensions in Anatolia by the absorption of Turkish Emirates or parts of them.
The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay|Lord Eversley
Of 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
A Turkish soldier loves to sit over a plate of hot cinders and dream of his fields and goats on the far-away uplands of Anatolia.
The Secrets of a Kuttite|Edward O. Mousley

He had rounded off his boundaries in the north-west corner of Anatolia by annexing Mysia.
The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay|Lord Eversley
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. Wigram

British Dictionary definitions for anatolia

Anatolia

/ (ˌænəˈtəʊlɪə) /

noun

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 interiorHistorical name: Asia Minor

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