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Phrygian.

Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/General-American
  1. Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.

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  2. Written or spoken in the Phrygian language.

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  3. In the Phrygian mode.

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Where this word comes from

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

noun/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/General-American
  1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

  2. A Montanist.

Where this word comes from

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

name/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/General-American
  1. The language of the Phrygian people.

  2. Phrygian mode

Where this word comes from

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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