There, under ebon shades... in dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
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Cimmerian
//sɪˈmɪɹ.i.ən//
Synonyms for "cimmerian" (24 found)
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24 translations across 11 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- կիմերերեն name (language)
- գամիր noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
- կիմեր noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
French
1 entries- Cimmérien noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
German
4 entries- kimmerisch adj (perpetually dark or gloomy)
- kimmerisch adj (describing particularly dense darkness)
- Kimmerisch name (language)
- Kimmerier noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
Greek
1 entries- Κιμμέριος noun (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness)
Hungarian
1 entries- kimmer noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
Italian
1 entries- Cimmero noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
Polish
2 entries- Kimmeryjczyk noun (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness)
- Kimmeryjka noun (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness)
Portuguese
2 entries- cimério noun (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness)
- cimério noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
Russian
2 entries- киммерийский name (language)
- киммери́ец noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
Spanish
2 entries- cimerio noun (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness)
- cimerio noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кімері́йка noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
- кімері́єць noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
- кіммері́йка noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
- кіммері́єць noun (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin)
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As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
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...the darkness of antiquated barbarism, in which he buries himself like a mole, to throw up the barren hillocks of his Cimmerian labours.
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1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The glimpse of blue vault far above only heightened the cimmerian gloom of the canyon, and the frowning rocks, which rose abruptly gave one the impression that they were on the point of crashing into the ravine.
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