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Illyrian

//ɪˈlɪəɹiən// adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Illyria or Illyrians. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of or in the Illyrian language. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or in the Serbo-Croatian language. historical, not-comparable, obsolete

    "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. 1
    An extinct Indo-European language or group of languages spoken in modern Southeast Europe, in the western half of the Balkan Peninsula.
  2. 2
    The Serbo-Croatian language. historical, obsolete

    "The preface contains a defense of the Illyrian language and a list of the major Slavic “dialects” (Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Illyrian)."

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of ancient Illyria.
  2. 2
    a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast wordnet
  3. 3
    An inhabitant of Roman province of Illyricum (Illyro-Roman).
  4. 4
    A South Slav, especially a Croat, used in 17th-19th centuries. obsolete
  5. 5
    A Proto-Albanian. uncommon
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  1. 6
    A member of the Illyrian movement.

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