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Umbrian

/ˈʌmbɹi.ən/

Umbrian adjective: of, from or relating to Umbria, Italy or the extinct Umbrian language.

Adjective

Umbrian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to Umbria, Italy or the extinct Umbrian language.

Noun

Umbrian (plural Umbrians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Umbria, Italy.
    • […] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv

Proper noun

Umbrian

  1. An extinct Italic language formerly spoken by the Umbri in the ancient Italian region of Umbria.

Forms of Umbrian

pluralUmbrians

Origin of Umbrian

From Umbria + -an.

Questions about Umbrian

What does Umbrian mean?
Umbrian means of, from or relating to Umbria, Italy or the extinct Umbrian language.
What part of speech is Umbrian?
Umbrian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Umbrian?
Umbrian is pronounced /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/.

Words near Umbrian in the dictionary

  1. umbres
  2. umbrette
  3. umbrettes
  4. Umbri
  5. Umbria
  6. Umbrian
  7. Umbrians
  8. umbric
  9. umbrid
  10. umbridge
  11. umbrids

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