Ligurian

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Gallo-Italic language of this region.
  2. 2
    An ancient Proto-Indo-European language spoken by the Ligures.

    "It is sometimes proposed that there was a connection between Ligurian and Iberian, or that Ligurian was also found in Sicily. Notably, Ligurian has also been mentioned as one of the linguistic substrates of Sardinia."

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"In the 1800s, Sardinian pastoralists and Ligurian fishermen set up habitations on the island, and there are Roman and Greek ruins on the island that date back several thousand years."

Etymology

From Liguria + -an.

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