Illyrian

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Illyrian

  • /ɪˈlɪəɹiən/ US
  • /ɪˈlɪəɹɪən/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪəɹiən

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to Illyria or Illyrians.
  2. not comparable Of or in the Illyrian language.
  3. historical, not comparable, obsolete Of or in the Serbo-Croatian language. Scholars divide the great bulk of the Slavic languages into two branches […] The south-eastern or eastern division contains the Russian, Bulgarian, and Illyrian languages

proper noun

  1. An extinct Indo-European language or group of languages spoken in modern Southeastern Europe, in the western half of the Balkan Peninsula.
  2. historical, obsolete The Serbo-Croatian language. The preface contains a defense of the Illyrian language and a list of the major Slavic “dialects” (Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Illyrian).
  3. A sub-age from 240 ± 2.0 to 237 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.

noun Illyrians

  1. An inhabitant of ancient Illyria.
  2. An inhabitant of Roman province of Illyricum (Illyro-Roman).
  3. obsolete A South Slav, especially a Croat, used in 17th-19th centuries.
  4. uncommon A Proto-Albanian.
  5. historical A member of the Illyrian movement, a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign.

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