ANGORA, or ANGORI, a city of Asia, in Anatolia, formerly called Angora, and still full of remarkable antiquities, which are so many marks of its ancient magnificence. It is at present one of the best cities in Anatolia; its streets are full of pillars and old marbles, among which are some of porphyry and jasper. The greatest part of the pillars are smooth and cylindrical; some are channelled spirally; but the most singular are oval, with plate bands before and behind from the top to the bottom of the pedestal. The houses are now made of clay, which is sometimes intermixed with fine pieces of marble. The walls of the city are low, with very mean battlements. The masonry of the walls is intermixed with pillars, architraves, capitals, and other ancient fragments, especially that of the towers and gates. The castle of Angora has a triple inclosure; and the walls are of large pieces of white marble, and a stone much like porphyry.

The baza of Angora has about 30 purses income; and there are here about 300 janizaries, under the command of a fardar. The Turks are said to be 40,000, the Armenians 4000 or 5000, and the Greeks 600. The Armenians have seven churches, besides a monastery; and the Greeks two. They breed the finest goats in the world; and their hair, which is of a dazzling white, is almost as fine as silk, and nine inches in length: it is worked into very fine stuffs, particularly camlet. All the inhabitants are employed in this manufacture. Several large caravans pass through this city to different places. E. Long. 32° 5'. N. Lat. 39° 30'. See ANCYRA.