Anatolian

American  

[an-uh-toh-lee-uhn] / ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Anatolia, its inhabitants, or their language.

2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Anatolian group or family of languages.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Anatolia.

2. any of various Turkish dialects spoken in Anatolia.

3. a group or family of extinct languages that includes cuneiform Hittite and its nearest congeners, as Lycian, Lydian, and Luwian.

4. a variety of Turkish rug woven in Anatolia.

anatolian British  

/ ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants

2. denoting, belonging to, or relating to an ancient family of languages related to the Indo-European family and including Hittite

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noun

1. this family of languages, sometimes regarded as a branch of Indo-European

2. a native or inhabitant of Anatolia

Etymology

Origin of Anatolian

First recorded in 1580–90; Anatoli(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Athens emerged as the head of the Delian League, a confederacy of cities located along the Anatolian coast and on islands in the Aegean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"Excitingly, the region between the North Aegean and the Anatolian mainland, may still hold valuable clues to early occupation despite the challenges posed by active geomorphological processes."

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025

The city lies just 20km to the north of the North Anatolian Fault Line.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

And the researchers had doubts it would work, because the breeds involved—including Kangal, Boz, and Anatolian shepherds—had “been born and bred for thousands of years to protect livestock and not people,” Young says.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2024

I didn’t have the resources at fourteen, didn’t know enough, hadn’t been to the Anatolian mountain the Greeks call Olympus and the Turks Uludag, just like the soft drink.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides