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Symaean

/saɪˈmiːən/

Symaean adjective: of, belonging to, or pertaining to Syme.

Adjective

Symaean (not comparable)

  1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to Syme.
    • About the end of 1900 Symæan divers fishing from the sponge-fishing boat ‘Photios Lentiakós,’ under Captain Demetrios E. Kontos, pulled up the well-preserved hand of a bronze statue off the north coast of Antikythera, the ancient Aigile (Cerigotto), near the place called to-day Pinakakia, about an...1903, Arthur Stoddard Cooley, “The Bronze Hermes from Antikythera”, in Records of the Past, volume 2, page 207

Noun

Symaean (plural Symaeans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Syme.
    • At this discovery the captain of the boat dived himself, and seeing in the place where the hand was found a heap of various ancient statues, he stopped fishing for sponges and got under way for Syme (an island off the coast of Asia Minor, 15 miles N. W. of Rhodes), whence after consultation with...1903, Arthur Stoddard Cooley, “The Bronze Hermes from Antikythera”, in Records of the Past, volume 2, pages 207–208

Forms of Symaean

Adjective
alternative formSymæan
Noun
pluralSymaeans

Origin of Symaean

From Latin Sȳmaeus + English -an.

Questions about Symaean

What does Symaean mean?
Symaean means of, belonging to, or pertaining to Syme.
What part of speech is Symaean?
Symaean can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Symaean?
Symaean is pronounced /saɪˈmiːən/.

Words near Symaean in the dictionary

  1. sylvites
  2. sylvopasture
  3. Sym
  4. sym-
  5. syma
  6. Symaean
  7. Symaeans
  8. symar
  9. symarr
  10. symarrs
  11. symars

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