Anatolian

[ an-uh-toh-lee-uhn ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to Anatolia, its inhabitants, or their language.

  2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Anatolian group or family of languages.

noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Anatolia.

  2. any of various Turkish dialects spoken in Anatolia.

  1. a group or family of extinct languages that includes cuneiform Hittite and its nearest congeners, as Lycian, Lydian, and Luwian.

  2. a variety of Turkish rug woven in Anatolia.

Origin of Anatolian

1
First recorded in 1580–90; Anatoli(a) + -an

Words Nearby Anatolian

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How to use Anatolian in a sentence

  • In both countries they were fused with symbols of Egyptian and Anatolian origin.

    Ancient Man in Britain | Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
  • One was advantageously situated in the middle of the Anatolian desert at the village of Sultanieh.

British Dictionary definitions for Anatolian

Anatolian

/ (ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants

  2. denoting, belonging to, or relating to an ancient family of languages related to the Indo-European family and including Hittite

noun
  1. this family of languages, sometimes regarded as a branch of Indo-European

  2. a native or inhabitant of Anatolia

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