Turkey
proper nounnounadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈtɝki//
- Australia//ˈtɜːki//
A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.
proper noun
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A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.
One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.
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historicalSynonym of Ottoman Empire, a former empire in Europe, Asia, Africa. Capital: Istanbul.
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A city in Hall County, Texas, United States.
Etymology
From Middle English Turkye, from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²). By surface analysis, Turke + -y.
noun
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Synonym of Turkey red (“a vibrant red dye or its color”).
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obsoleteSynonym of Turkey blue (“a deep indigo dye or its color”).
adjective
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Synonym of Turkey red (“dyed or colored Turkey red”).
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obsoleteSynonym of Turkey blue (“dyed or colored Turkey blue”).
Forms
- comparative
- more Turkey
- superlative
- most Turkey
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