Lexic.us

Definition of Adana

1. Noun. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adana

Literary usage of Adana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Kurds of Turkey: killings, disappearances and torture by Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"... Adana In Adana, Helsinki Watch interviewed a woman lawyer, who reported: On March was detained in Adana for several hours. I think it was because I am ..."

2. Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands. For the Use by Robert Lambert Playfair, John Murray (Firm) (1892)
"The country from Mersina to Adana is a plain highly cultivated with cereals, ... Adana Station. c. Adana retains its ancient name, and is situated on the W. ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Marash, Adana. 1000 Deer's skin.—Adana. 1001 Lynx skin. ... Adana ; 1042 Magnesia ; 1043 lanina ; 1044 Aidin ; 1045 Magnesia ..."

4. Lares and Penates, Or, Cilicia and Its Governors: Being a Short Historical by William Burckhardt Barker (1853)
"GEOGRAPHY OF CILICIA—TARSUS AND Adana MISSIS ... of Adana, which corresponds pretty nearly to ancient Cilicia Campestris, is comprehended in a plain that ..."

5. Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands by Robert Lambert Playfair, John Murray (Firm) (1890)
"The country from Mersina to Adana is a plain highly cultivated with cereals, ... Adana Station. c. Adana retains its ancient name, and is situated on the W. ..."

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