THRACIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thracian mean? 

• THRACIAN (noun)
  The noun THRACIAN has 2 senses:

1. an inhabitant of ancient Thrace

2. a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages

  Familiarity information: THRACIAN used as a noun is rare.

• THRACIAN (adjective)
  The adjective THRACIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture

  Familiarity information: THRACIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THRACIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inhabitant of ancient Thrace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Thracian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Thracian" is a member of...):

Thrace (an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Thracian" is a kind of...):

Thraco-Phrygian (an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian)

• THRACIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Thrace (an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey)