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ILLYRIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Illyrian mean?
• ILLYRIAN (noun)
The noun ILLYRIAN has 1 sense:
1. a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
Familiarity information: ILLYRIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Illyrian" is a kind of...):
Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
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