of or relating to Anatolia, its inhabitants, or their language.
of, relating to, or belonging to the Anatolian group or family of languages.
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
this family of languages, sometimes regarded as a branch of Indo-European
a native or inhabitant of Anatolia
First recorded in 1580–90; Anatoli(a) + -an
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The genomes of people from later Neolithic times in Belgium carried at least 50% local hunter-gatherer ancestry, alongside the expected Anatolian farmer ancestry.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
The video shows a flash of light over the horizon of what appears to be the Anatolian countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The city lies just 20km to the north of the North Anatolian Fault Line.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
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.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 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
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