Carian

//ˈkɛɹ.i.ən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of ancient Caria.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to Caria, or its people, language or culture. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.

Example

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"Such were the delights which summer brought them, but when the autumn came, and the black grapes were covered with a thick bloom, some pirates of Tyre, who had put to sea in a Carian barque, so that they might not be taken for foreigners, approached the coast, and landed, armed with swords and bucklers."

Etymology

From Caria + -an.

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indo european

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