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ligures

ligures is the plural of ligure.

Meaning of ligure

Noun

ligure (plural ligures)

  1. (obsolete) A gemstone, supposed to have been a form of agate

Noun capitalized: Ligures

Ligures pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The ancient Ligurians.

Origin of ligures

Borrowed from Latin Ligures.

Questions about ligures

What does ligures mean?
Ligures means the ancient Ligurians.
What is ligures the plural of?
Ligures is the plural of ligure.
What part of speech is ligures?
Ligures is a noun.

Words near ligures in the dictionary

  1. liguliform
  2. liguloid
  3. Liguorian
  4. Liguorians
  5. ligure
  6. ligures
  7. Liguri
  8. Liguria
  9. Ligurian
  10. Ligurian Sea
  11. Ligurians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ligures (page history and authors); Ligures (page history and authors); ligure (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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