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Lycian

//ˈlɪ.si.ən// adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture. not-comparable

    "Formed in the 2nd Century BCE and composed of 23 city-states, the Lycian League was the world's first democratic union, a model of a strong confederacy based on popular and proportional representation."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian group.
Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia.

    "From the 4th Century BCE onwards, the Lycians built rock-hewn "house" tombs – often funeral chambers carved into cliffs, with the rock face around the doorway cut to imitate the façade of a wooden Lycian house, complete with "timbers" and protruding "joists"."

  2. 2
    an Anatolian language spoken by the ancient Lycians wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Lycia + -an.

Etymology 2

From Lycia + -an.

Etymology 3

From Lycia + -an.

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