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Orontean

Orontean adjective: of or relating to the Orontes.

Adjective

Orontean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Orontes.
  2. (metonymically, poetic) Syrian.
    • And hair perfumed with Orontean myrrh.1872, James Cranstoun, transl., The Elegies of Albius Tibullus, page 171

Forms of Orontean

alternative formOrontian

Origin of Orontean

From Latin Orontēus + -an. By surface analysis, Orontes + -ean.

Questions about Orontean

What does Orontean mean?
Orontean means of or relating to the Orontes.
What part of speech is Orontean?
Orontean is an adjective.

Words near Orontean in the dictionary

  1. oronasopharyngeal
  2. oronasopharynx
  3. Oronchon
  4. Orong
  5. Orono
  6. Orontean
  7. Orontes
  8. Orontian
  9. oronym
  10. oronymies
  11. oronyms

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