Angora

See also: angora, angóra, and angorá

English

Noun

Angora (plural Angoras)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of angora

Proper noun

Angora

  1. Obsolete form of Ankara.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ.ʁa/

Proper noun

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

Proper noun

Angora f

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Ankara

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡɔ.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

Angora f

  1. Obsolete form of Ancara.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Angora f

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

Derived terms

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