Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Turkey | Yes | No | No | No |
Near East | Yes | No | No | No |
Turkey (noun) | Near East (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 area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century |