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Anatolian

Anatolian

1 6.9
Relating to Anatolia, the region in modern-day Turkey, or to the people and culture there
  • adjective
  • /ˌænəˈtoʊliən/
: anatolio
  • Erbakan appealed to discontented, Anatolian-based business organizations unable to compete with their state-supported Istanbul counterparts.
  • Anatolian Sufism
  • Southeast Anatolian
  • Anatolian Project

When you earn all the Syrian trader and you would send your goods to be sold on the Anatolian market.

Examples

  • Turkish or Anatolian culture is very rich and composed of many different traditions, ethnicities, and religions.

    Academic text (2015)

  • She learned to cook traditional dishes from Anatolian cuisine, which features unique flavors and ingredients.

  • I personally experienced this problem when I applied to be posted at Anatolian Secondary School.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In our sample, 5 teachers work in the private science high school and 3 teachers work in the private Anatolian high school.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Erdogan has worked to expand Anatolian culture in the cities, helped by internal migration.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The secondary force headed east towards Ali Shahir and the Anatolian heartlands.

  • The party ignores the opposition and has abandoned efforts to reach out to any constituency beyond Anatolian Islamists.

    Academic text (2009)

  • More numerous, though, were Bayezid's Anatolian subjects, the Karamanids and Isfendiyarids.

    Blog text (32)

  • Many Turkish historians have employed Muslim court records extensively for Anatolian regional studies, but they remain relatively untapped by Armenian historians.

    Academic text (2009)

  • In 1975, it assembled a non-NATO force, the Fourth Aegean Army, for stationing along the Anatolian coast facing the Greek islands.

    Academic text (1998)

Compounds

Anatolian language
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of ancient Indo-European languages once spoken in Anatolia and known from old writings

Surface Forms

Anatolian positive

Morphology

Anatolian = Anatolia (transparent) = Anatolia + an

Standard adjectival/demonymic formation from the place name 'Anatolia', yielding 'relating to Anatolia'.

Etymology

Anatolian comes from the Greek anatolē, meaning 'east' or 'sunrise', and so it describes people, culture, or things 'from Anatolia', the region in what is now Turkey. So calling a dish, language, or person Anatolian simply means they come from that region.