Anatolian

[ an-uh-toh-lee-uhn ]

/ ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ən /

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adjective

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

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

noun

a native or inhabitant of Anatolia.

any of various Turkish dialects spoken in Anatolia.

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

a variety of Turkish rug woven in Anatolia.

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Origin of Anatolian

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

Words nearby Anatolian

anathematic, anathematize, anatine, Anatol, Anatolia, Anatolian, Anatolian shepherd dog, Anatolic, anatomical, anatomically correct, anatomical pathology

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How to use Anatolian in a sentence

My wife has had to buy two new pairs of prescription glasses in the last couple months after Teddy, our three-year-old Anatolian Shepherd, developed a taste for eyewear.
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Last week, for example, a Manhattan judge rejected a case brought by Turkey seeking to reclaim an Anatolian idol.
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I’m also hooked on “Esmerim Güzelim” by the Amsterdam-based, Turkish-psych-inspired Anatolian act Altin Gün—a love song so smooth and slinky it’s practically liquid, with a chorus that will make you want to learn Turkish.
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The exercise, called Anatolian Eagle, was conducted well out of sight of the wars raging in Syria and Iraq.
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“We will not bow our heads to any threat,” the prime minister said during a speech in the central Anatolian city of Konya.
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Here you may see the stalwart Anatolian peasant being made into a soldier after the German pattern, and a very good pattern too.
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The town on the plain must have been almost intolerable in the fierce Anatolian summer-heat.
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The staff of the pachas followed, preceding the grandees who closed the march, mounted on Anatolian chargers.
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In both countries they were fused with symbols of Egyptian and Anatolian origin.
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One was advantageously situated in the middle of the Anatolian desert at the village of Sultanieh.
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British Dictionary definitions for Anatolian

Anatolian

/ (ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants

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

noun

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

a native or inhabitant of Anatolia

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