Meaning & use
Anatolian
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Relating to Anatolia, the large peninsula that forms the Asian part of Turkey, or to its people, languages, or culture.
Grammar: Used before a noun: Anatolian history, an Anatolian city.
Patterns
- Anatolian + noun
The museum has a fine collection of Anatolian pottery.
She studies Anatolian folk music from the central plateau.
nouncountable
A person who comes from Anatolia, or a member of the ancient peoples of that region.
Grammar: Countable; plural is Anatolians.
Patterns
- a/an Anatolian
Many Anatolians moved to the big cities in the twentieth century.
He describes himself as an Anatolian from a small mountain village.
noununcountabletechnical
The branch of the Indo-European language family spoken in ancient Anatolia, including Hittite.
Grammar: Uncountable and usually capitalized; a specialist term in linguistics.
Patterns
- speak Anatolian
- study Anatolian
Hittite is the best-documented language within Anatolian.
Scholars still debate how Anatolian split from the other Indo-European languages.
Word forms
| plural | Anatolians |
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Common combinations
- Anatolian peninsula
- The Anatolian peninsula lies between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
- Anatolian plateau
- Summers on the Anatolian plateau are hot and dry.
- Anatolian languages
- The Anatolian languages died out long before the modern era.
- Anatolian carpet
- An Anatolian carpet hung on the wall behind the desk.
Word family
- Anatolia proper noun
- The historical name for the Asian part of Turkey.
Commonly confused: Anatolian or Anatolian vs. Turkish?
Anatolian vs Anatolian vs. Turkish
Anatolian refers to the region and its ancient cultures; Turkish refers to the modern country, its citizens, and their language.
Practice
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'Anatolian' describes the region of Anatolia, so 'the Anatolian plateau' fits. The language sense is historical (Hittite and related tongues), not a modern tourist language, and it is not a sport or a ticket type.
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