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    TURKISH EMPIRE

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     I. (noun) 

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    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Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empireplay

    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 ("Turkish 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)

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