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Cantabrian

Cantabrian adjective: from, or pertaining to, Cantabria.

Adjective

Cantabrian (comparative more Cantabrian, superlative most Cantabrian)

  1. From, or pertaining to, Cantabria

Proper noun

Cantabrian

  1. A Romance variety spoken in Cantabria.
  2. (obsolete) The language of the Cantabri, formerly believed to be Basque but now generally thought to be Celtic.
    • The ancient Cantabrian, in effect, is still found to subsist in the more barren and mountainous parts of the provinces of Biscay, Asturias, and Navarre.1797, “Cantabria”, in Encyclopaedia Britannica, third edition, volume 4, page 122
  3. An age beginning 305 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.

Noun

Cantabrian (plural Cantabrians)

  1. Someone from Cantabria.
  2. (New Zealand) Someone from Canterbury

Forms of Cantabrian

Adjective
comparativemore Cantabrian
superlativemost Cantabrian
Noun
pluralCantabrians

Origin of Cantabrian

From Cantabria + -an.

Phrases with Cantabrian

Questions about Cantabrian

What does Cantabrian mean?
Cantabrian means from, or pertaining to, Cantabria.
What part of speech is Cantabrian?
Cantabrian can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Cantabrian in the dictionary

  1. cantabile
  2. cantabiles
  3. cantability
  4. Cantabon
  5. Cantabria
  6. Cantabrian
  7. Cantabrian Mountains
  8. Cantabrian Sea
  9. Cantabrians
  10. Cantabric
  11. Cantabrigian

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