Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Umbria.
- noun The Italic language of ancient Umbria.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Umbria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Umbria, an ancient region of central Italy, and compartimento of the modern kingdom, or its inhabitants or language.
- noun One of an ancient Italian people who inhabited Umbria.
- noun The language of the Umbrians: it was an Italic tongue, allied to Oscan and more distantly to Latin. Its chief monument is the Eugubine tables. See
Eugubine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
Umbria or to its inhabitants or extinct language. - noun An inhabitant of
Umbria . - proper noun The
language of the Umbrian people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
Etymologies
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Examples
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That which afterward became known as the Umbrian sentiment probably first appeared in the work of Niccolò da Foligno
A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894
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From these two causes, the secluded position of the region and the influence of Saint Francis, arose what is called the Umbrian school of painting.
Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Jennie Ellis Keysor
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This group, close to Celtic and Ancient Ligurian, includes numerous languages now extinct, such as Umbrian, but the main historical representative of this group is Ancient Ligurian language.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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This group includes numerous languages now extinct, such as Umbrian, but the main historical representative of this group is Romanian).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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This group includes numerous languages now extinct, such as Umbrian, but the main historical representative of this group is Romanian).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Michel van der Hoek 2008
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Indeed, so successful was Latin that it supplanted all its ancient linguistic cousins—other Italic languages once spoken on the so-called Italic Peninsula: Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Indeed, so successful was Latin that it supplanted all its ancient linguistic cousins—other Italic languages once spoken on the so-called Italic Peninsula: Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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One ingredient I won't skimp on is finishing oil, usually Tuscan and Umbrian olive oil.
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The Umbrian version cooks to a perfect al dente that most fresh pasta cannot achieve, but doesn't have a standard dried pasta's noodle-soup surface over an underdone center.
Gopnik's Daily Pic: Pastaesthetics Blake Gopnik 2010
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Suzanne Carreiro discovered panforte after discovering its bittersweet-chocolatey, black-peppery Umbrian cousin, panpetato, while living in Italy and researching her cookbook The Dog Who Ate the Truffle.
Anneli Rufus: Medieval Energy Bars: They're Back! Anneli Rufus 2012
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