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Chadian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃædiən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English Chad Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Chadian From Chad + -ian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Chad, a country in Africa.
   • Cameroonian and Chadian soldiers stationed there managed to kill 150 invaders. Among them was the son of Ahmadou Moustafa, a Fotokol resident. 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:

Deriveds

Chadian Arabic

Translations (27)

nn tsjadisk (pertaining to Chad) · mk чадски (pertaining to Chad) · es chadiano (pertaining to Chad) · fi tšadilainen (pertaining to Chad) · uk ча́дський (pertaining to Chad) · ru ча́дский (pertaining to Chad) · hu csádi (pertaining to Chad) · pl czadyjski (pertaining to Chad) · fr tchadien (pertaining to Chad) · pt tchadiano (pertaining to Chad) · it ciadiano (pertaining to Chad) · nl Tsjadisch (pertaining to Chad) · af Tsjadies (pertaining to Chad) · cs čadský (pertaining to Chad) · ast chadianu (pertaining to Chad) · ca txadià (pertaining to Chad) · nb tsjadisk (pertaining to Chad) · gl chadiano (pertaining to Chad) · pt chadiano (pertaining to Chad) · ga Seadach (pertaining to Chad) · cy Tsiadaidd (pertaining to Chad) · ar تْشَادِيّ (pertaining to Chad) · af Tsjaads (pertaining to Chad) · hi चाडी (pertaining to Chad) · ro ciadian (pertaining to Chad) · sv tchadisk (pertaining to Chad) · de tschadisch (pertaining to Chad)

Chadian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃædiən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English Chad Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Chadian From Chad + -ian.

Meanings

1. A person from Chad or of Chadian descent.
   • He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland. 2012 April 18, David McKenzie, “Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict”, in CNN:

Forms

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan · African

Translations (41)

de Tschader (person from Chad) · ca txadià (person from Chad) · ar تْشَادِيّ (person from Chad) · ko 차드인 (person from Chad) · hi चाडी (person from Chad) · hu csádi (person from Chad) · tr Çadlı (person from Chad) · fi tšadilainen (person from Chad) · ast chadiana (person from Chad) · ja チャド人 (person from Chad) · cs Čaďan (person from Chad) · nl Tsjadiër (person from Chad) · ga Seadach (person from Chad) · ru ча́дец (person from Chad) · ru жи́тельница Ча́да (person from Chad) · it ciadiana (person from Chad) · pl Czadyjka (person from Chad) · pt tchadiano (person from Chad) · ru ча́дка (person from Chad) · nb tsjader (person from Chad) · cy Tsiadiad (person from Chad) · nn tsjadar (person from Chad) · fr Tchadien (person from Chad) · nl Tsjadische (person from Chad) · gl chadiano (person from Chad) · sv tchadier (person from Chad) · pt chadiano (person from Chad) · pl Czadyjczyk (person from Chad) · ar تْشَادِيَّة (person from Chad) · mk Чаѓанка (person from Chad) · sw Mchadi (person from Chad) · af Tsjadiër (person from Chad) · ko 차드 사람 (person from Chad) · it ciadiano (person from Chad) · es chadiano (person from Chad) · ast chadianu (person from Chad) · ro ciadiană (person from Chad) · ru жи́тель Ча́да (person from Chad) · de Tschaderin (person from Chad) · ro ciadian (person from Chad) · mk Чаѓанец (person from Chad)

Chadian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃædiən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English Chad Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Chadian From Chad + -ian.

Meanings

1. An age from 345.3 ± 2.1 to 341 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.