Dacian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia.
  2. a Dane, Denmark having been known as Dacia in Medieval Latin.
  3. a Romanian.
name
  1. An extinct Indo-European language spoken by the people of Dacia.
  2. An age from 5.332 ± 0.005 to 3.600 ± 0.005 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pliocene.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.
  2. Of or pertaining to Romania or Romanians.
  3. Of or pertaining to Denmark or the Danes.

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪsɪən/ /ˈdeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dacian.wav

Word forms

Dacian Dacians

Etymology

From Dacia + -an, from Latin Dacia (“Dacia”).

Synonyms

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Dacian terms Thracian

Derived words

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