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Herculanean

Herculanean adjective: of or relating to Herculaneum.

Adjective

Herculanean (comparative more Herculanean, superlative most Herculanean)

  1. Of or relating to Herculaneum.

Noun

Herculanean (plural Herculaneans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Herculaneum.

Forms of Herculanean

Adjective
comparativemore Herculanean
superlativemost Herculanean
Noun
pluralHerculaneans

Questions about Herculanean

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

Words near Herculanean in the dictionary

  1. hercogamous
  2. hercogamy
  3. hercoglossid
  4. hercoglossids
  5. Hercs
  6. Herculanean
  7. Herculaneans
  8. Herculaneum
  9. Hercule Poirot
  10. herculean
  11. Hercules

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