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Curonian.

Of, from, or pertaining to Courland

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/k(j)ʊˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Courland

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin Curonia (“Courland”, literally “land of the Curonians”), from an original name Kurš, which could mean "quickly moving (at sea)," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

noun/kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/k(j)ʊˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. A member of a medieval Baltic tribe.

Where this word comes from

From Latin Curonia (“Courland”, literally “land of the Curonians”), from an original name Kurš, which could mean "quickly moving (at sea)," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

name/kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/k(j)ʊˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. An extinct Baltic language spoken by the Curonians.

Where this word comes from

From Latin Curonia (“Courland”, literally “land of the Curonians”), from an original name Kurš, which could mean "quickly moving (at sea)," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

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