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Ligurian

Ligurian adjective: of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.

Adjective

Ligurian (comparative more Ligurian, superlative most Ligurian)

  1. Of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.

Noun

Ligurian (plural Ligurians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.

Proper noun

Ligurian

  1. The Gallo-Italic language of this region.
  2. An ancient Proto-Indo-European language spoken by the Ligures.
    • It is sometimes proposed that there was a connection between Ligurian and Iberian, or that Ligurian was also found in Sicily. Notably, Ligurian has also been mentioned as one of the linguistic substrates of Sardinia.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 14

Forms of Ligurian

Adjective
comparativemore Ligurian
superlativemost Ligurian
Noun
pluralLigurians

Origin of Ligurian

From Liguria + -an.

Phrases with Ligurian

Questions about Ligurian

What does Ligurian mean?
Ligurian means of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.
What part of speech is Ligurian?
Ligurian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Ligurian in the dictionary

  1. Liguorians
  2. ligure
  3. ligures
  4. Liguri
  5. Liguria
  6. Ligurian
  7. Ligurian Sea
  8. Ligurians
  9. ligurite
  10. ligurites
  11. Liguro-

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