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Ottonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Otto + -n- + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great.
    • It was the patronage of the Ottonian dynasty which gave Gerbert his eminence. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 189:

Translations (6)

de ottonisch (Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great) · fr ottonien (Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great) · it ottoniano (Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great) · ru оттонский (Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great) · cs Otoni (Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great) · da ottonisk (Pertaining to a dynasty of Germanic kings including Otto the Great)