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konak|kəʊˈnɑːk| [ad. Turk. qonaq halting-place, inn.] A large house, palace, or official residence, in Turkey, or in the (former) Ottoman Empire.
[1675J. Covel Diary (1893) 175 We..had a man who alwayes went before to every Conáck, or stage, and brought in muttons, beafes, veales, and the like.] 1852C. T. Newton Let. 30 Sept. in Trav. & Discov. Levant (1865) I. vii. 87 We asked for the konak, or official residence of the Aga. 1878S. L. Poole People of Turkey I. ix. 221 When in the interior I had the opportunity of visiting some Konaks worthy of note. 1897E. A. Bartlett Battlefields Thessaly iv. 88 The Konak was deserted by all except the Mushir's valet. 1908tr. P. Draganof's Macedonia & Reforms ii. 23 The latter drove them from the konak. 1926Spectator 17 July 88/2 The delicate ‘konak’ or palace of Prince Milosh Obrenovitch. 1957L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 163 There is also a wretched Konak and prison. |