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Definition of Ankara

1. Noun. The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats.

Definition of Ankara

1. Proper noun. The capital of Turkey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankara

Literary usage of Ankara

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

1. Ansley J. Coale: An Autobiography by Ansley Johnson Coale (2000)
"I went to Ankara, talked to the director and other officials, and visited the small community in which some demographic data collecting had been begun. ..."

2. The Kurds of Turkey: killings, disappearances and torture by Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"In Ankara, Helsinki Watch interviewed a 24-year-old Kurdish journalist and law student, I was detained in Ankara on July 8 and held for fifteen days. ..."

3. Madagascar and Its People by Lyons McLeod (1865)
"The meridian chain of mountains which runs almost from one extremity of the island to the other passes through Ankara about the same distance from both ..."

4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"[118] " Notes upon the following subjects mentioned in this chapter are found in Bradbury's Travels, vol. v of our series: Ankara Indians, notes 76 and 83; ..."

5. Turkey by Heike Brockmann, Tim Kelsey, Asli Uler (1998)
"1/10, Kavaklidere, Ankara, Tel: 312- 426 5921. Greece: Ziya Rahman Sok. ... 42, Ankara, Tel: 312-427 5258. Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Cevdet Sok. ..."

6. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"How much more pure Brahmans and devout royal rishis.1' S'ankara could scarcely have been ignorant that his principle was not in harmony with this text j but ..."

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