Anatolia

[ an-uh-toh-lee-uh ]

/ ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ə /

noun

a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia.

Compare Asia Minor.

Example sentences from the Web for anatolia

A good-looking woman, she maintained a no-nonsense approach on her pioneering digs in south-east Anatolia.

The Week in Death: The First Muslim Female Olympian Snubbed Adolf Hitler |The Telegraph |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His extensions in Anatolia by the absorption of Turkish Emirates or parts of them.

The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay |Lord Eversley
Of the coast of Anatolia, they possessed the entire circuit from Trebizond to the Syrian gates.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
A Turkish soldier loves to sit over a plate of hot cinders and dream of his fields and goats on the far-away uplands of Anatolia.

The Secrets of a Kuttite |Edward O. Mousley

He had rounded off his boundaries in the north-west corner of Anatolia by annexing Mysia.

The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay |Lord Eversley
We dont even care who governs us now, said a Turk of position to the writer (then a prisoner in Turkish hands in Anatolia).

The Cradle of Mankind |W.A. Wigram

British Dictionary definitions for anatolia

Anatolia

/ (ˌænəˈtəʊlɪə) /

noun

the Asian part of Turkey, occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: consists of a plateau, largely mountainous, with salt lakes in the interior Historical name: Asia Minor

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