I. |anə|tōlēən, -lyən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Anatolia Asia Minor + English -an
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Anatolia, the country east of the Bosporus, roughly coincident with Asia Minor
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Anatolia or their languages
3. : armenian
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
1. : a native or inhabitant of Anatolia, specifically of the western plateau lands of Turkey in Asia
2.
a. : a southern dialect or group of dialects of Turkish
b. : a group of extinct languages of ancient Anatolia sometimes considered a branch of the Indo-European language family — see indoeuropean languages table
3. : any rug or carpet woven in Anatolia