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AGA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
Synonyms:
Aga; Agha
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Aga" is a kind of...):
form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')
Domain region:
Republic of Turkey; Turkey (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)