Mauve was initially called "Tyrian purple."
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Tyrian
Synonyms for "tyrian"
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Translations
7 translations across 4 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տյուրացի noun (person from Tyre)
Georgian
2 entries- ტვიროსული adj (relating to Tyre)
- ტვიროსელი noun (person from Tyre)
Polish
2 entries- Tyryjczyk noun (person from Tyre)
- Tyryjka noun (person from Tyre)
Portuguese
2 entries- tírio adj (relating to Tyre)
- tírio noun (person from Tyre)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
There was an ancient city; the Tyrian settlers held it: Carthage, standing afar opposite Italy and the mouths of the Tiber, rich in trade and very harsh in the study of war. Juno is said to have valued this one city more than all lands, even above Samos.
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But she had heard that an offspring, led by Trojan blood, would one day overturn the Tyrian citadels; from this would come a nation ruling widely and proud in war, for the destruction of Libya: thus the Fates spun out their destiny.
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There stood a city, fronting far away / the mouths of Tiber and Italia's shore, / a Tyrian settlement of olden day, / rich in all wealth, and trained to war's rough lore, / Carthage the name, by Juno loved before / all places, even Samos.
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