ANGORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Angora mean? 

• ANGORA (noun)
  The noun ANGORA has 4 senses:

1. the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats

2. a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair

3. domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair

4. a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat

  Familiarity information: ANGORA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Angora; Ankara; capital of Turkey; Turkish capital

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Angora; Angora goat

Hypernyms ("Angora" is a kind of...):

Capra hircus; domestic goat (any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Angora; Angora rabbit

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 4

Meaning:

A long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Angora; Angora cat

Hypernyms ("Angora" is a kind of...):

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): Holstein, Angora, Himalayan cat, Labrador Retriever

(Animal Breed Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)