Isauriann.adj.
/ʌɪˈsɔːrɪən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Isauria, an ancient country in Asia Minor, between Cilicia and Phrygia; spec. applied to a line of emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun]
MedeeOE
PartheOE
PuniceOE
NineviteOE
Trojanc1330
sodomitea1382
Phoeniciana1387
Macedonianc1400
Parthianc1400
Macedonc1440
Phrygian?1473
Mycenaeanc1487
Tyrian1513
Sidonian?1520
Galatian1526
Canaanite1530
Cananaean1534
Milesian1550
Sogdian1553
Syrophœnician1560
Molossian1563
Hyrcanian1567
Palmyrene1567
Pergamenian1579
Smyrnian1579
Mysian1581
Carthaginian1592
Punican1595
Lycian1598
Smyrnaean1598
Phocaean1600
Gallo-greeks1601
Iberian1601
Minaean1601
Susian1601
Cappadocian1607
Carian1607
Paphlagonian1607
Hamathite1611
Pergamene1612
Byzantiana1620
Gallo-graecians1619
Chalcidian1654
Philadelphiana1680
Xanthian1685
Palmyrenian1697
Isaurian1776
Dardan1813
Byzantine1836
Bœotian1839
Ilian1847
Susianian1874
Libyo-Phœnician1876
Khaldian1882
Mitannian1907
Iconian1911
Petraean1923
Lycaonian1926
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. x. 285 In the heart of the Roman monarchy, the Isaurians ever continued a nation of wild barbarians.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 770/1 His warlike countrymen the Isaurians.
1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xxvii. 399 The Empire of Rome has been..transformed into a Roman-Asiatic Empire, on whose throne sat successively Phrygians, Isaurians, Cappadocians, and Armenians.
1957 J. M. Hussey Byzantine World i. ii. 29 The Isaurians were administrators as well as soldiers.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to Isauria, or to the emperors thus called.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [adjective]
NinevitishOE
Trojanc1374
Sardian1551
Susian?1552
Illyrian1556
Phoenician?1556
Hyrcan1567
Sidonian1578
Phrygian1579
Smyrnian1579
Lycaonian1582
Paphlagonian1596
Lycian1598
Galatian1603
Cappadocian1607
Canaanite1613
Mysian1613
Phocaean1614
Phrygic1614
Dardana1616
Babylonized1701
Pergamene1703
Milesiana1722
Canaanitic1753
Palmyrenian1776
Smyrnaean1807
Troic1838
Minaean1844
Ninevite1848
Smyrniote1867
Isaurian1880
Mitannian1897
Iconian1899
Mitannite1911
Thraco-Phrygian1924
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 770/2 The increasing power of the brothers and other Isaurian friends of Zeno.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 114/2 The emperors of this time were those of the Isaurian, Armenian, and Amorian dynasties.
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