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Angora

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See also: angora, angóra, and angorá

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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Angora (plural Angoras)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of angora

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Angora

  1. Obsolete form of Ankara.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish, from Latin Ancyra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, anchor).

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Proper noun

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Angora m or f (mostly f)

  1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
    • 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 []
    • 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 []
    • 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.

Italian

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Proper noun

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Angora f

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Ankara

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Portuguese

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Angora f

  1. Obsolete form of Ancara.

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin Ancyra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, anchor).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /anˈɡoɾa/ [ãŋˈɡo.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: An‧go‧ra

Proper noun

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Angora f

  1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
    Synonym: Ankara

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