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Carolian

Carolian is the alternative form of Carolean.

Meaning of Carolean

Adjective (1)

Carolean (comparative more Carolean, superlative most Carolean)

  1. Pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named.
  2. Of or relating to King Charles I, Charles II, or Charles III.
    • Using the still unfamiliar term, she declared that the nation was now entering a new “Carolean age”.2022 September 9, Caroline Davies, quoting Liz Truss, “Charles to be proclaimed King at St James’s Palace on Saturday”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2023

Adjective (2)

Carolean (comparative more Carolean, superlative most Carolean)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.
    • the Carolean army

See all 5 meanings of Carolean

Origin of Carolian

From Latin Carolus + -ian.

Questions about Carolian

What is Carolian the alternative form of?
Carolian is the alternative form of Carolean.

Words near Carolian in the dictionary

  1. Carolene
  2. caroler
  3. carolers
  4. Caroli
  5. Caroli disease
  6. Carolian
  7. carolin
  8. Carolina
  9. Carolina Alley
  10. Carolina allspice
  11. Carolina allspices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Carolian (page history and authors); Carolean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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