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  • noun Alternative form of Cimmerian.

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Examples

  • The geology of the area is described as being within the Kimmerian folding zone of the Pacific Ocean Geosyncline.

    Northeast Siberian taiga 2008

  • And there are at the present time in the land of Scythia Kimmerian walls, and a Kimmerian ferry; and there is also a region which is called Kimmeria, and the so-called Kimmerian Bosphorus.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Eastern sea, that is to say the parts to the West of the Kimmerian

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Scythians again, occupying the parts above the Tauroi and the coasts of the Eastern sea, that is to say the parts to the West of the Kimmerian

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • Kimmerian land (for the land which now is occupied by the Scythians is said to have been in former times the land of the Kimmerians); and the

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • And there are at the present time in the land of Scythia Kimmerian walls, and a Kimmerian ferry; and there is also a region which is called Kimmeria, and the so-called Kimmerian

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • Massagetai, left their abode and crossing the river Araxes came towards the Kimmerian land (for the land which now is occupied by the Scythians is said to have been in former times the land of the

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Kimmerian ferry); nor can I learn who those persons were who made the boundaries, or for what reason they gave the names.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Maiotian river Tanaïs and the Kimmerian ferry); nor can I learn who those persons were who made the boundaries, or for what reason they gave the names.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

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