konak

[ koh-nahk ]

/ koʊˈnɑk /

noun (in Turkey)

a large, usually official residence.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of konak

< Turkish: literally, stopping-place (for the night, on a journey), derivative of kon- camp, make a night's halt

Words nearby konak

komsomol, komsomolsk, komura, kona, kona cyclone, konak, konakri, konakry, konarak, konbu, konditorei

Example sentences from the Web for konak

This was rather too much, and I went up to the konak next day, taking Tom Rennison as an interpreter.
Under the Red Crescent|Charles S. Ryan
Surrendering our horses to the care of the khan keeper, I proceeded to the konak, or government house, to present my letters.
Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family|Andrew Archibald Paton
Not finding her during the night, he returned in the earliest dawn to the konak.
The Captain of the Janizaries|James M. Ludlow
As the troops passed the Konak, the building in the background with a cupola, they sang the Austrian national anthem.
The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914|Various

One was the ill-starred lady who perished in the Konak in Belgrade.
The International Spy|Allen Upward