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Pavian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /pəˈvi.ən/

Etymology

From Pavia + -an.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Pavia.
    • According to one early eleventh-century document, the English had taken offence at the opening of their bags and baggage by the Pavian custom officials, and had grown violet. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 91: