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Tekeli is a Turkish word derived from ''teke'' ("male goat"), and means "having or possessing goats; goaty". It may refer to Literature *Tekeli (play), ''Tekeli'' (play), a play about the life of Hungarian nobleman Imre Thököly, written by Theodore Hook *''Tekeli-li'', a cry of terror in Edgar Allan Poe's novel ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' *''Tekeli-li'', a cry borrowed from Poe, in H. P. Lovecraft's novella ''At the Mountains of Madness'' People * Tekeli (surname) Places *Tekeli, Kazakhstan, a town in Karasay District *Tekeli, Bozyazı, a town in Bozyazı district, Mersin Province, Turkey *Tekeli, İzmir, a settlement in Menderes, İzmir, Turkey *Tekeli, Koçarlı, a village in Aydın Province, Turkey *Tekeli, Mut, a village in Mut district, Mersin Province *Tekeli, Oltu Other uses *Tekeli Mehmet Pasha Mosque, a mosque in Antalya, Turkey *Tekeli (dance), a popular dance in early 19th-century Britain {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the tribe Caprini, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat.Hirst, K. Kris"The History of the Domestication of Goats".''About.com''. Accessed August 18, 2008. It is one of the oldest domesticated species of animal, according to archaeological evidence that its earliest domestication occurred in Iran at 10,000 calibrated calendar years ago. Goats have been used for milk, meat, fur, and skins across much of the world. Milk from goats is often turned into goat cheese. Female goats are referred to as ''does'' or ''nannies'', intact males are called ''bucks'' or ''billies'', and juvenile goats of both sexes are called ''kids''. Castrated males are called ''wethers''. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
