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Scythian : adj : of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or
language [syn: Scythian]
(noun)
1: a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
[syn: Scythian]
2: the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians [syn: Scythian]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Scythian : \Scyth"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern
part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language
or inhabitants.
Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Scythian : \Scyth"i*an\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.),
one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied
Eastern Europe.
2. The language of the Scythians.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, a. [Based on Tur, the name, in Persian
legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
sprang the races of mankind.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the
northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of
pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
languages.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Scythian : The Scythians consisted of "all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to
the north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered
far away toward the east. Of this vast country but little was
anciently known. Its modern representative is Russia, which, to
a great extent, includes the same territories." They were the
descendants of Japheth (Gen. 9:27). It appears that in apostolic
times there were some of this people that embraced Christianity
(Col. 3:11).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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