Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Republic of Turkey | Yes | No | No | No |
Istanbul | Yes | No | No | No |
Republic of Turkey (noun) | Istanbul (noun) |
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a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923 | the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church |