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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire;
[syn: Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ottoman Empire
    n 1: a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern
         Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman
         Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World
         War I; although initially small it expanded until it
         superseded the Byzantine Empire [syn: Ottoman Empire,
         Turkish Empire]