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Tartessian

Tartessian adjective: of or pertaining to Tartessos.

Adjective

Tartessian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Tartessos

Proper noun

Tartessian

  1. An extinct Paleo-Hispanic language found in the Southwestern inscriptions of the Iberian Peninsula.
  2. The script used to write this language.

Noun

Tartessian (plural Tartessians)

  1. A member of the Tartessian civilization

Forms of Tartessian

pluralTartessians

Origin of Tartessian

From Tartessos + -ian.

Questions about Tartessian

What does Tartessian mean?
Tartessian means of or pertaining to Tartessos.
What part of speech is Tartessian?
Tartessian can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Tartessian in the dictionary

  1. tartening
  2. tartens
  3. tarter
  4. Tarters
  5. tartes tatin
  6. Tartessian
  7. Tartessians
  8. Tartessos
  9. Tartessus
  10. tartest
  11. tartier

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