English word senses marked with place category "Turkey"

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Total 71 word senses

• Aegean Sea (Proper name) A sea in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean.
• Anatolia (Proper name) A peninsula in Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.
• Anatolian (Proper name) An extinct group of Indo-European languages once spoken in Anatolia, including Hittite and Luwian.
• Anti-Taurus (Proper name) a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains
• Armenian genocide (Proper name) The systematic mass murder of around one million ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I (1915–1917).
• Ataturkism (Proper name) Synonym of Kemalism
• Atatürk (Proper name) A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
• Bithynian (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Bithynia.
• Black Sea (Proper name) An inland sea bound by Southeastern Europe in the west, Eastern Europe in the north and northeast, and Turkey in the south.
• CIVETS (Proper name) Acronym of Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa: an international economic organization comprising these fast-growing economies.
• Cappadocian (Proper name) Clipping of Cappadocian Greek.
• Cilician (Adjective) Pertaining to or originating from Cilicia.
• Dardanelles (Proper name) The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
• Galatian (Proper name) The now-extinct Celtic language of this tribe.
• Hagia Sophia (Proper name) A mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, (historical) the former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum 1935–2020.
• Imbriot (Adjective) Of or relating to Imbros or its inhabitants.
• Izmirian (Noun) a person from or living in Izmir
• Kemalism (Proper name) Kemalist ideology
• Kemalist (Adjective) Of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.
• Khabur (Proper name) A river in Turkey and Syria, the largest perennial tributary to the Euphrates.
• Khabur River (Proper name) Synonym of Khabur
• MIKT (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, (South) Korea, Turkey.
• MINT (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey.
• MIST (Proper name) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey.
• Mediterranean Sea (Proper name) The sea between Europe and Africa.
• Metropolis (Proper name) A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
• Metropolis (Proper name) A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
• Metropolis (Proper name) A classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).
• Metropolis (Proper name) A fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman.
• Metropolis (Proper name) London, United Kingdom.
• Next Eleven (Proper name) Eleven countries – Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam – identified in 2005 as having high potential of joining the BRICS countries as some of the world's largest economies in the 21st century.
• Ottoman Turkish (Adjective) Of, from, or pertaining to Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans or the Ottoman Turkish language.
• Pactolus (Proper name) A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.
• Phrygian (Proper name) Phrygian mode
• Republic of Turkey (Proper name) Former official name of the country of Turkey (now Republic of Türkiye).
• Republic of Türkiye (Proper name) Official name of the country of Turkey.
• Sea of Marmara (Proper name) A deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
• Sublime Porte (Proper name) The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Bursa, transferred to the even grander Topkapı palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople)
• Sublime Porte (Proper name) A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing.
• Taurus (Proper name) The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).
• Taurus (Proper name) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).
• Taurus (Noun) Someone with a Taurus star sign
• Taurus (Proper name) A mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast
• Thracian (Proper name) the extinct language formerly spoken in Thrace.
• Turco- (Prefix) Turkey; Turk.
• Turco-Albanian (Noun) offensive term for (muslim) Albanian
• Turcophil (Noun) Archaic form of Turcophile.
• Turcophile (Adjective) Favouring or sympathetic to Turkey.
• Turk (Noun) A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent.
• Turkey (Proper name) A country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara
• Turkish coffee (Noun) Coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.
• Turkism (Noun) A Turkish word, or a Turkish-derived word, used in a language not related to Turkish.
• Turkiye (Proper name) Alternative spelling of Türkiye, Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)
• Turkophil (Noun) Archaic form of Turcophile.
• Turkophile (Noun) Alternative form of Turcophile
• Turkroach (Noun) An individual from Turkey or of Turkish descent.
• bagnio (Noun) In Turkey, a prison for slaves.
• crescent (Noun) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
• dolmus (Noun) Synonym of shared taxi.
• effendi (Noun) An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.
• janissary (Noun) An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).
• janissary (Noun) An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).; Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
• janissary (Noun) An elite, highly loyal supporter.
• kamancheh (Noun) A long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.
• kurus (Noun) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
• lira (Noun) The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• pasha (Noun) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
• seraglio (Noun) The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
• sultan (Noun) A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
• zaptieh (Noun) A Turkish policeman
• 112 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and S…

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