Dacian

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Dacian

  • /ˈdeɪsɪən/ UK
  • /ˈdeɪʃən/ UK
  • /ˈdeɪʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Dacia + -an, from Latin Dacia (“Dacia”).

noun Dacians

  1. historical a member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia.
  2. obsolete a Dane, Denmark having been known as Dacia in Medieval Latin.
  3. poetic, rare a Romanian.

proper noun

  1. An extinct Indo-European language spoken by the people of Dacia.
  2. An age from 5.332 ± 0.005 to 3.600 ± 0.005 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pliocene.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.

    Similar: Daco-

  2. not comparable, poetic, rare Of or pertaining to Romania or Romanians.
  3. not comparable, obsolete Of or pertaining to Denmark or the Danes.

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Every language

noun member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia

Españoldacio
हिन्दीडेसियाई ḍesiyāī
Portuguêsdácio
FrançaisDace
DeutschDaker, Dakerin
Italianodaco
Românădac

name language

हिन्दीडेसियाई ḍesiyāī
Portuguêsdácio
DeutschDakisch
Românălimba dacă
Русскийдакский dakskij

adj Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians

Españoldacio
हिन्दीडेसियाई ḍesiyāī
Portuguêsdácio
Deutschdakisch

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"Dacian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dacian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Dacian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dacian

Chicago

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@misc{dacian_2026,
  title = {Dacian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dacian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}