Anatolian

[an-uh-toh-lee-uhn]

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.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anatolian¹

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

Example Sentences

"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."

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

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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.

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He lived on the Anatolian coast — now in Turkey but then a cradle of early Greek civilization — and was said to have acquired his unusual power by abandoning the gods.

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The East Anatolian fault system, where the disaster occurred, is near where the Anatolian, Arabian and African tectonic plates come together.

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