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Dandarid

Dandarid adjective: pertaining to or belonging to the ancient Dandarii people.

Adjective

Dandarid (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or belonging to the ancient Dandarii people.
    • Accordingly they sought the alliance of Eunones, king of the Aorsi, another race whose exact home is uncertain. It was resolved to anticipate the designs of the dethroned king of Bosporus by attacking him in his new Dandarid realm.1893, John Bagnell Bury, The Student's Roman Empire
    • Eventually, after mustering an army, he evicted the Dandarid king and took his power.2012, Tacitus (translated by Cynthia Damon), Annals

Proper noun

Dandarid (plural Dandarids)

  1. A member of the ancient Dandarii people.
    • Cotys and Aquila were alarmed at the prospect of an invasion by Mithradates at the head of the Dandarids, especially as the Siraci, another obscure people of those regions, had assumed a hostile attitude.1893, John Bagnell Bury, The Student's Roman Empire

Forms of Dandarid

pluralDandarids

Questions about Dandarid

What does Dandarid mean?
Dandarid means pertaining to or belonging to the ancient Dandarii people.
What part of speech is Dandarid?
Dandarid can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Dandarid in the dictionary

  1. Dandaiya
  2. Dandaleith
  3. Dandaloo
  4. dandan noodles
  5. dandarabilla
  6. Dandarid
  7. Dandarids
  8. Dandarii
  9. dandas
  10. dandasana
  11. dandee

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