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Angora
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angora angóra angorá
English
Etymology 1
Noun
en angora.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en @fmr of:Ankara capital city c/Turkey.
Anagrams
en aagnor Aragon Arango Argoan arango organa
French
Etymology
fr ota -, from fr la Ancyra, from fr grc Ἄγκυρα, from grc ἄγκυρα anchor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mf (mostly f)
fr obsolete fr capital city c/Turkey Ankara
fr Ankara
fr 1924 Berthe Georges-Gaulis La nouvelle Turquie « Angora est nationaliste, en ce sens qu’elle renonce aux prétensions de l’ancien Empire ottoman et qu’elle veut recréer un foyer turc modeste » “Ankara is nationalist, in the sense that it renounces the pretensions of the old Ottoman Empire and wants to recreate a modest Turkish centre”
fr 1931 Eugène Pittard Le visage nouveau de la Turquie: à travers l'Asie-Mineure Il y a, dans le vieil Angora, pour celui qui a conservé le goût du passé, pour celui qui veut voir l’image des superpositions de civilisations dans un même lieu, des habitudes séculaires, différentes les unes des autres There is, in the old Ankara, for the one who has preserved a taste for the past, for the one who wants to see an image of many civilizations superimposed in the same place, secular habits, different one from another
fr 1931 Eugène Pittard Le visage nouveau de la Turquie: à travers l'Asie-Mineure L’offensive est arrêtée. Angora est sauvée. La Turquie patriote, qui a conservé sa foi, a vaincu. The offensive has been stopped. Ankara is saved. Patriotic Turkey, who has kept the faith, has triumphed.
fr Former names of capitals
Italian
Proper noun
f
it obsolete it Ankara
Anagrams
it aagnor Aragno aragno argano gorana ongara organa ragano
it exonymsit Former names of capitals
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Angóra
Proper noun
f
pt Ancara
pt Former names of capitals
Spanish
Etymology
From es la Ancyra, from es grc Ἄγκυρα, from grc ἄγκυρα anchor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es capital city c/Turkey Ankara
es Ankara
Derived terms
es conejo de Angora
es exonymses Former names of capitals