Illyrian
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Illyrian
- /ɪˈlɪəɹiən/ US
- /ɪˈlɪəɹɪən/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Illyria or Illyrians.
- Of or in the Illyrian language.
- 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
- An extinct Indo-European language or group of languages spoken in modern Southeastern Europe, in the western half of the Balkan Peninsula.
- 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).
- A sub-age from 240 ± 2.0 to 237 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.
noun Illyrians
- An inhabitant of ancient Illyria.
- An inhabitant of Roman province of Illyricum (Illyro-Roman).
- A South Slav, especially a Croat, used in 17th-19th centuries.
- A Proto-Albanian.
- A member of the Illyrian movement, a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign.
