Menderes

American  

[men-de-res] / ˌmɛn dɛˈrɛs /

noun

1. Adnan 1899–1961, Turkish political leader: premier 1950–60.

2. Ancient Maeander,.  Ancient Meander.  a river in western Asia Minor, flowing into the Aegean near Samos. 240 miles (385 km) long.

3. Ancient Scamander.  a river in northwestern Asia Minor, flowing across the Trojan plain into the Dardanelles. 60 miles (97 km) long.

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Menderes British  

/ ˌmɛndɛˈrɛs /

noun

1. Ancient name: Maeander.  a river in SW Turkey flowing southwest, then west to the Aegean. Length: about 386 km (240 miles)

2. Ancient name: Scamander.  a river in NW Turkey flowing west and northwest to the Dardanelles. Length: 104 km (65 miles)

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Example Sentences

Menderes Akbulut, general manager of Koral Travel, which mainly serves the British market, said many small hotels have already begun to close.

From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2021

Just before leaving for Karachi, Menderes said that he would increase by 33.5% the price the government pays farmers for wheat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sickly and burdened with 72 years of age, Kirdar had dropped dead fortnight ago while testifying before the court trying ex-Premier Adnan Menderes and other leaders of the regime that Kirdar had once served.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adnan Menderes, the man who walked bloody but unbroken from a 1959 plane crash that killed fifteen, was not the man to moderate his ways in such an hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the first hours after the almost bloodless overthrow of former Premier Adnan Menderes, the task of putting the Turkish Republic back on the democratic track seemed as straightforward as taking a hilltop.

From Time Magazine Archive