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

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

In Anatolia, the monumental religious structures of Gobekli Tepe were built even earlier, at 9000 years B.C.E.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023

Excavations at Çatal Hüyük in Anatolia brought to light another Neolithic town, roughly a thousand years younger than Jericho.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson