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Cyrenean

Cyrenean is the alternative form of Cyrenian.

Meaning of Cyrenian

Adjective

Cyrenian (comparative more Cyrenian, superlative most Cyrenian)

  1. (historical) Of or related to Cyrene.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenaic
  2. (historical) Synonym of Cyrenaic, of or related to Cyrenaicism.
    Synonyms:
    Aristippan, Aristippian, Cyrenaic, Cyrenean, of or related to Cyrenaicism
  3. (historical) Synonym of Cyrenaican, of or related to Cyrenaica.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenaic, Cyrenaican, Cyrenean, Barcan, Barqan, of or related to Cyrenaica

See all 6 meanings of Cyrenian

Forms of Cyrenean

Adjective
comparativemore Cyrenean
superlativemost Cyrenean
alternative formCyrenaean
alternative formCyrenæan
Noun
pluralCyreneans

Origin of Cyrenean

From Latin Cȳrēnae(us) + -an. By surface analysis, Cyren(e) + -ean.

Questions about Cyrenean

What is Cyrenean the alternative form of?
Cyrenean is the alternative form of Cyrenian.

Words near Cyrenean in the dictionary

  1. Cyrenaicans
  2. Cyrenaicism
  3. Cyrenaics
  4. Cyrenaïca
  5. Cyrene
  6. Cyrenean
  7. Cyreneans
  8. Cyrenian
  9. Cyrenians
  10. Cyrenæan
  11. Cyrenæans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cyrenean (page history and authors); Cyrenian (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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