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Anatolian, a. and n.|ænəˈtəʊlɪən|
Also 6 Natolian.
[f. Anatolia (cf. Gr. ἀνατολή east), Asia Minor + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Anatolia or its inhabitants.
B. n. An inhabitant of Anatolia.
1590Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. i. i, Natolians, Sorians, blacke Egyptians. Ibid. ii, The Natolian king. Ibid. ii. ii, With full Natolian bowles Of Greekish wine. 1679[see orthodox A. 4]. 1788[see theme n. 7]. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 655/2 The cause of national education is seldom forgotten in the legacies of patriotic Anatolian Greeks. 1926Spectator 17 Apr. 693/2 Groups of Anatolians whom I found assembled at the various stations. 1934Times Lit. Suppl. 10 May 331/2 Curzon had prepared a memorandum..arguing that Turkey..must be maintained in her Anatolian homeland. 1958Listener 18 Dec. 1034/2 It would be unwise to assume that the Mycenaean Greek was exactly like his Anatolian contemporary at Hattusas. |