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Cyrenaican

Cyrenaican adjective: of or relating to Cyrenaica.

Adjective

Cyrenaican (comparative more Cyrenaican, superlative most Cyrenaican)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to Cyrenaica.
    • There are more kinds of mice in the Cyrenaican region.1607, E. Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, page 548

Noun

Cyrenaican (plural Cyrenaicans)

  1. (historical) A native or resident of Cyrenaica.
    • Suppose he had taken on the character of a Cyrenaican or a Tripolitanian from some southern oasis.1942, “M. Home”, in House of Shade

Synonyms of Cyrenaican

Forms of Cyrenaican

Adjective
comparativemore Cyrenaican
superlativemost Cyrenaican
Noun
pluralCyrenaicans

Origin of Cyrenaican

From Cyrenaica + -an.

Questions about Cyrenaican

What does Cyrenaican mean?
Cyrenaican means of or relating to Cyrenaica.
What part of speech is Cyrenaican?
Cyrenaican can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Cyrenaican in the dictionary

  1. Cyrans
  2. Cyrenaean
  3. Cyrenaeans
  4. Cyrenaic
  5. Cyrenaica
  6. Cyrenaican
  7. Cyrenaicans
  8. Cyrenaicism
  9. Cyrenaics
  10. Cyrenaïca
  11. Cyrene

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