Phrygian
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Phrygianus, from Phrygia.
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Adjective edit
Phrygian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.
- Written or spoken in the Phrygian language.
- 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114:
- ‘Then one day one of the infants stretched out his little hands to the shepherd and exclaimed bekos, which is the Phrygian word for bread.’
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of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
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written or spoken in the Phrygian language
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Noun edit
Phrygian (plural Phrygians)
- A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
- 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114:
- ‘And so Psammetichus decided the Phrygians must have been the first race on earth, and Phrygian the first language.’
- A Montanist.
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native or inhabitant of Phrygia
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Proper noun edit
Phrygian
- The language of the Phrygian people.
- (music) Phrygian mode
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language
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See also edit
- Phrygian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phrygian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia