Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A Turkish Angora cat.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).

    Angorakaninchen

    Ангорский кро́ликAngorskij królik

    domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair

  4. (countable, uncountable)The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She knitted her an angora jumper.

    ruОна связала ей джемпер из ангоры.

    deSie hat ihr einen Angorapulli gestrickt.

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  2. She's knitted her an angora jumper.

    deSie hat ihr einen Angorapulli gestrickt.

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  3. She knitted her an angora pullover.

    ruОна связала ей пуловер из ангоры.

    deSie hat ihr einen Angorapulli gestrickt.

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  4. She has knitted her an angora pullover.

    ruОна связала для неё пуловер из ангоры.

    deSie hat ihr einen Angorapulli gestrickt.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
subspecies of the European rabbit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
subspecies of the European rabbit:

Origin

From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”

From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”).

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Forms

plural: angoras
Singularangora
Pluralangoras

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat:Angora cat
  • domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair:Angora rabbit
  • a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair:Angora goat
  • the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats:AnkaraTurkish capitalcapital of Turkey

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
angora — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto