Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Lycia or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Lycia.
- noun A language of the extinct Anatolian branch of Indo-European, found in inscriptions down to the beginning of the third century BC in southwest Turkey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Lycia, a mountainous district in southwestern Asia Minor, projecting into the Mediterranean sea, and inhabited in ancient times by a distinct race. See II.
- noun An inhabitant of Lycia; especially, one of a race inhabiting ancient Lycia, Aryan or In-do-European in language, as is shown by important inscriptions in a peculiar character recently recovered and elucidated.
- Wolf-slaying: an epithet applied to Apollo.
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- proper noun An extinct
Indo-European language in theAnatolian group. - noun A
native orinhabitant of ancientLycia . - adjective Of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Anatolian language
Etymologies
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Examples
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LYCIAN: the principal Lycian monuments are found in Myra,
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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The area consists of massive beige limestone, thin-bedded gray limestone, and an ophiolitic mélange of the so-called Lycian tectonic nappe.
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You see, Apollo is an Anatolian god, hence he is also called "Lycian" which is also a play on the word "light" since he is a sun god afterall.
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One of the defenders, the Lycian diplomat Pharnuches, chased him for many miles, but failed to appreciate that he was now on the steppes where the Sogdians were trained from childhood to fight.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The Lycian shepherd who had led them was rewarded lavishly by Alexander and warmly praised by the men whose lives he had held in his hands.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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A stay at the super-stylish Dionysos Estate, a boutique hotel on Turkey's Lycian Coast.
Guardian and Observer Readers' Travel Awards 2011: who made your holiday? 2011
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A monk, by the name of Nicholas (also known as the Bishop of Myra), was born in Patera, on the Lycian coast, around 280A. D.
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Spitamenes and his fellow chieftains were now besieging Samarkand, so Alexander sent a force of mercenary infantry along with a few hundred cavalry to rescue the town, led by a Lycian diplomat named Pharnuches, who had served the Persians and spoke the local languages.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The Greek word for “wolf” was lykos, practically the same as Lykios, a Lycian.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Hour after hour they struggled through impossible conditions over unknown trails in complete darkness, trusting their lives to a single Lycian shepherd and their king, who believed in a childhood prophesy.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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