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ANGORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat
Synonyms:
Angora; Angora cat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Angora" is a kind of...):
domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair
Synonyms:
Angora; Angora rabbit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Angora" is a kind of...):
coney; cony; rabbit (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair
Synonyms:
Angora; Angora goat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Angora" is a kind of...):
Capra hircus; domestic goat (any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
Synonyms:
Angora; Ankara; capital of Turkey; Turkish capital
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Angora" is a part of...):
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)
