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OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
Synonyms:
Ottoman Empire; Turkish Empire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
empire; imperium (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised)
Holonyms ("Ottoman Empire" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
