Cariann.adj.
/ˈkɛːrɪən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Caria, an ancient province of Asia Minor; the language of Caria.
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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
the mind > language > languages of the world > isolates or no known affiliations > [noun] > others
Eteocretan?1615
Etruscan1768
Akkadian1856
Sumerian1873
Lycaonian1893
Gilyak1913
Subarian1926
Carian1933
Mysian1939
Mapuche1941
Cappadocian1954
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 142 Among the Carians..they sacrified a Dog in stead of a Goate.
1680 Oldham in Rochester's Poems 122 Thus the vain glorious Carian, I'll out do.
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 71 This Dew-dropping melody, in the Carian's ear.
1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 102/2 The Carians are spoken of by all ancient writers as a distinct nation from their neighbours.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 65 We have copious inscriptions in Lycian..and less extensive ones in Carian, from the seventh century b.c.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to Caria.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Asia Minor > specific lands
Pontic?1556
Aeolian1567
Hyrcan1567
Median1577
Albanian1578
Parthian1581
Lycaonian1582
Lydian1584
Anatolian1590
Cilician1597
Lycian1598
Hyrcanian1600
Cappadocian1607
Mysian1613
Chaldaic1662
Pergamenian1680
Sogdian1700
Chaldean1732
Carian1818
Pontine1832
Anatolic1853
Medic1869
Sumerian1874
Mitannian1897
Mitannite1911
1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 162 Thou, Carian lord, hadst better have been tost Into a whirlpool.
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 435/1 Jassos..was named also Carian marble.
1891 W. Cory Ionica 7 My dear old Carian guest.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 896/2 Symbols exactly like ϕ, χ, ψ..are found in the Carian alphabet.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet 466 Names of Carian mercenaries scratched upon Egyptian monuments.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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