Cilician en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɪˈlɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɪˈlɪsɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English Cilicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Cilician From Cilicia + -an.
Meanings
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(historical, not-comparable) Pertaining to or originating from Cilicia.
The purple Hyacinths, and fresh Costmarie, / And Saffron, sought for in Cilician soyle
1591, “Virgils Gnat”, in Edmund Spenser, transl., Complaints, translation of Culex by Virgil:
Deriveds
Cilician Armenian · Cilician Gates
Translations (8)
la Ciliciense (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · la Ciliciensis (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · hy կիլիկյան (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · de kilikisch (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · pt ciciliano (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · pl cylicki (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · ru килики́йский (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia) · pl cylicyjski (pertaining to or originating from Cilicia)