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Carduchi

Carduchi proper noun: a warlike tribe that occupied the hilly country along the upper Tigris near the Assyrian and Median borders.

Proper noun

Carduchi

  1. (historical) A warlike tribe that occupied the hilly country along the upper Tigris near the Assyrian and Median borders.

Origin of Carduchi

From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).

Words formed from Carduchi

Questions about Carduchi

What does Carduchi mean?
Carduchi means a warlike tribe that occupied the hilly country along the upper Tigris near the Assyrian and Median borders.
What part of speech is Carduchi?
Carduchi is a proper noun.

Words near Carduchi in the dictionary

  1. cardtable
  2. cardtables
  3. carduaceous
  4. Carducci
  5. Carduccis
  6. Carduchi
  7. Carduchian
  8. carduelid
  9. carduelids
  10. cardueline
  11. carduoid

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