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Definition of Anatolian
1. Noun. An extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European.
Generic synonyms: Indo-european, Indo-european Language, Indo-hittite
Specialized synonyms: Hittite, Lycian, Luvian, Luwian, Lydian, Palaic
Definition of Anatolian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Anatolia or its people, culture, etc. ¹
2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Anatolia ¹
3. Noun. Any of the languages of Anatolia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anatolian
Literary usage of Anatolian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"... anatolian peasant, his rough manners, his harsh dialect, so different in its
primitive type from the Arabo - Persian jargon that passes for anatolian ..."
2. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
"IN SEARCH OF anatolian APOLLO by Edwin L. Brown "It is doubtful whether any other
divinity played a comparable part in the development of the Hellenic way ..."
3. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1891)
"THE anatolian GREEKS. The Greeks, those children of oppressed riots, who already
regard themselves as the future masters of the peninsula, are probably to a ..."
4. The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia: Being an Essay of the Local History of by William Mitchell Ramsay (1895)
"The native anatolian Social System, (a) Enfranchisement by Dedication p. 134.
(b) Exemplaria p. 134. ..."
5. My Secret Service: Vienna--Sophia--Constantinople--Nish--Belgrade--Asia by Man who dined with the Kaiser (1916)
"I knew that for ordinary civil travellers the anatolian Railway is closed, because
the whole of Asia Minor is what we call here in "the War Zone. ..."
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