Named after Ankara, Turkey (old name: Angora), the historic center for trading the prized hair of local goats.
A soft fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora rabbit or Angora goat; also the animals themselves.
From Angora, the former English name for Ankara, capital of Turkey, from Ottoman Turkish Engürü, from the ancient place name Ancyra (Greek: Ankura, anchor-shaped), from Greek ankura (anchor), from PIE *h2enk- (to bend, hook, angle). The city Ankara sits at a geographic bend or hook of the central Anatolian plateau. Angora wool, from the long-haired Angora rabbit and Angora goat (the mohair breed), takes
Angora goat hair produces mohair, while Angora rabbit hair produces what we call 'angora' — confusingly, the same city name labels two completely different luxury fibers from two completely different animals.