turkey

  • 11Turkey, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 262 Housing Units (2000): 105 Land area (2000): 0.398726 sq. miles (1.032696 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.398726 sq. miles (1.032696 sq. km)… …

    StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • 12Turkey, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 494 Housing Units (2000): 274 Land area (2000): 0.824834 sq. miles (2.136309 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.824834 sq. miles (2.136309 sq. km) FIPS code:… …

    StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • 13turkey — turkey; Turkey; …

    English syllables

  • 14Turkey — country name, late 14c., from M.L. Turchia, from Turcus (see TURK (Cf. Turk)) + IA (Cf. ia) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15turkey — has the plural form turkeys …

    Modern English usage

  • 16Turkey — [tʉr′kē] country occupying Asia Minor & a SE part of the Balkan Peninsula: 300,947 sq mi (779,450 sq km); pop. 56,473,000; cap. Ankara …

    English World dictionary

  • 17turkey — /terr kee/, n., pl. turkeys, (esp. collectively) turkey. 1. a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, esp. Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish brown, and yellowish brown plumage of a metallic luster… …

    Universalium

  • 18Turkey — /terr kee/, n. a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 63,528,225; 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km). (286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe). Cap.: Ankara. Cf. Ottoman Empire. * * * Turkey Introduction… …

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  • 19Turkey — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Turkey <p></p> Background: <p></p> Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was …

    The World Factbook

  • 20Turkey —    Slightly more than half of the Kurds in the entire world live in Turkey, where, depending on how one counts them, they make up some 12 15 million people, or as much as 18 23 percent of the total population.    There were three great Kurdish… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Kurds