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Cirenaike

Cirenaike is the obsolete form of Cyrenaic.

Meaning of Cyrenaic

Adjective

Cyrenaic (comparative more Cyrenaic, superlative most Cyrenaic)

  1. (historical) Of or related to Cyrenaicism, the philosophical school founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and codified by Aristippus the Younger.
  2. (historical) Synonym of Cyrenian, of or related to Cyrene.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenian, of or related to Cyrene
  3. (historical) Synonym of Cyrenaican, of or related to Cyrenaica, the area around Cyrene in northeastern Libya.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenaican, Cyrenian, Cyrenean, Barcan, Barqan, of or related to Cyrenaica

See all 6 meanings of Cyrenaic

Forms of Cirenaike

comparativemore Cirenaike
superlativemost Cirenaike

Questions about Cirenaike

What is Cirenaike the obsolete form of?
Cirenaike is the obsolete form of Cyrenaic.

Words near Cirenaike in the dictionary

  1. cire perdue
  2. Cirebon
  3. Cirelli
  4. Cirellis
  5. Cirenaica
  6. Cirenaike
  7. Cirencester
  8. cires
  9. Ciret
  10. Cireșu
  11. CIRG

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cirenaike (page history and authors); Cyrenaic (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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