Mervian
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editMervian (comparative more Mervian, superlative most Mervian)
- (now chiefly historical) Of or related to Merv, the oasis and city of Mary, Uzbekistan.
- 1893, anonymous trans. of Jules Verne, Claudius Bombarnac, Ch. 10:
- We have entered the Mervian oasis, eighty miles long and eight wide, and containing about six hundred thousand hectares...
- 1893, anonymous trans. of Jules Verne, Claudius Bombarnac, Ch. 10:
Noun
editMervian (plural Mervians)
- (now chiefly historical) A person of Merv.
- 1884' June 10, "The Russians and Merv", Brisbane Courier, p. 3:
- The circumstances of the submission of the Mervians are furnished by the World, a small newspaper owned and edited by M. Komaroff, late chief of General Tchernaieff's staff in Servia...
- 1884' June 10, "The Russians and Merv", Brisbane Courier, p. 3: