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Androsian

Androsian adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Andros, a Greek island, or the major municipality of the island.

Adjective

Androsian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Andros, a Greek island, or the major municipality of the island.
  2. Of, from, or pertaining to Andros Island, the Bahamas.
    • When, in 1841, a shipwrecked Frenchman noticed that Androsian sponges were of higher quality than those found in the Greek isles, the Androsian sponge industry took off.2003, Adam Vaitilingam, Gaylord Dold, Natalie Folster, The Bahamas, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 169

Origin of Androsian

From Andros + -ian.

Questions about Androsian

What does Androsian mean?
Androsian means of, from, or pertaining to Andros, a Greek island, or the major municipality of the island.
What part of speech is Androsian?
Androsian is an adjective.

Words near Androsian in the dictionary

  1. Androscoggin County
  2. Androscoggins
  3. androsexual
  4. androsexuality
  5. androsexuals
  6. Androsian
  7. androsite
  8. androsphere
  9. androsphinges
  10. androsphinx
  11. androsphinxes

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