Ottoman Empire

American  

noun

1. a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Constantinople.

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Ottoman Empire British  

noun

1. Also called: Turkish Empire.  the former Turkish empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa, which lasted from the late 13th century until the end of World War I

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Ottoman Empire ¹ Cultural  

1. An empire developed by the Turks between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries; it was succeeded in the 1920s by the present-day republic of Turkey. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire included, besides present-day Turkey, large parts of the Middle East and southeastern Europe.

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Ottoman Empire ² Cultural  

1. An empire developed by Turks between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries. It was succeeded in the 1920s by the present-day republic of Turkey. At its greatest extent, the Ottoman Empire included many parts of southeastern Europe and the Middle East.

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Ottoman Empire

No, these were good old-fashioned pirates, sponsored by the Barbary states: the kingdom of Morocco was independent, while Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis owed a loose allegiance to the Ottoman Empire.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Croatian band Lelek also wore face paint, with symbols representing the resistance of Catholic women during the Ottoman Empire, a topic they addressed with haunting folkloric harmonies on their song Andromeda.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

It became a vibrant crossroads under the Ottoman Empire, said Artega, 55, and its population grew to around 25,000 as a construction boom took off.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

They persist in this largely Christian country because Adjara, directly neighboring Turkey, was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1878.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

With Turkey’s collapse, the seven-century-old Turkish Ottoman Empire vanished into history.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman