Anatolian, a. and n.
(ænəˈtəʊlɪən)
Also 6 Natolian.
[f. Anatolia (cf. Gr. ἀνατολή east), Asia Minor + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Anatolia or its inhabitants. B. n. An inhabitant of Anatolia.
| 1590 Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. i. i, Natolians, Sorians, blacke Egyptians. Ibid. ii, The Natolian king. Ibid. ii. ii, With full Natolian bowles Of Greekish wine. 1679 [see orthodox A. 4]. 1788 [see theme n. 7]. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 655/2 The cause of national education is seldom forgotten in the legacies of patriotic Anatolian Greeks. 1926 Spectator 17 Apr. 693/2 Groups of Anatolians whom I found assembled at the various stations. 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 May 331/2 Curzon had prepared a memorandum..arguing that Turkey..must be maintained in her Anatolian homeland. 1958 Listener 18 Dec. 1034/2 It would be unwise to assume that the Mycenaean Greek was exactly like his Anatolian contemporary at Hattusas. |