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Apulian, a. and n.|əˈpjuːlɪən|
[f. L. Apulia, Appulia + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient province or the modern geographical district of Apulia in southern Italy, or its inhabitants.
B. n. An inhabitant of Apulia.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 187 There was such another charme or incantation among the Apuleians. Ibid. 625 All Christendome yealdeth praise and price vnto it next after the Apulian and Tarentinian wooll. 1709S. Dunster tr. Horace's Sat. ii. i. p. 127 Or rather, with intent, to keep the Lucanians and Apulians in awe. 1757J. Dyer Fleece ii. 102 They..swell their fleeces, equal to the worth Of cloath'd Apulian. 1820Shelley Cenci iii. i. p. 45 That lonely rock, Petrella, in the Apulian Appennines. 1889Cent. Dict., Apulian pottery, a name given to the Italo-Greek pottery found in Apulia and southeastern Italy generally, especially to the vases with red figures on a lustrous black ground, some of the most important examples of which are from this region. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 37/2 The Apulian officials and organizers spreading throughout Frederick's Italian territories. 1955S. Runciman Eastern Schism ii. 38 In 1020 an Apulian called Melo raised a revolt in southern Italy against Byzantium. |