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Mervian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Merv + -ian.

Meanings

1. (historical) Of or related to Merv, the oasis and city of Mary, Uzbekistan.
   • We have entered the Mervian oasis, eighty miles long and eight wide, and containing about six hundred thousand hectares... 1893, anonymous trans. of Jules Verne, Claudius Bombarnac, Ch. 10

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more Mervian	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most Mervian	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Mervian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Merv + -ian.

Meanings

1. (historical) A person of Merv.
   • The circumstances of the submission of the Mervians are furnished by the World, a small newspaper owned and edited by M. Komaroff, late chief of General Tchernaieff's staff in Servia... 1884' June 10, "The Russians and Merv", Brisbane Courier, p. 3

Forms

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Mervians	Number=Plur		lexicographic