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Parthenians

Parthenians is the plural of Parthenian.

Meaning of Parthenian

Noun

Parthenian (plural Parthenians)

  1. (historical) A member of a lower-ranking Spartiate population which, according to tradition, left Laconia to go to Magna Graecia and founded Taras, modern Taranto, in the current region of Apulia in southern Italy.

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Questions about Parthenians

What is Parthenians the plural of?
Parthenians is the plural of Parthenian.

Words near Parthenians in the dictionary

  1. partheniacs
  2. partheniad
  3. partheniads
  4. Partheniae
  5. Parthenian
  6. Parthenians
  7. Parthenic
  8. parthenin
  9. parthenium
  10. partheniums
  11. Parthenius

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