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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
noun
2.
a native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
3.
an Indo-European language that was the language of Phrygia.
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| Phrygian (ˈfrɪdʒɪən) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to ancient Phrygia, its inhabitants, or their extinct language |
| 2. | music See Hypo- of or relating to an authentic mode represented by the natural diatonic scale from E to E |
| 3. | music (of a cadence) denoting a progression that leads a piece of music out of the major key and ends on the dominant chord of the relative minor key |
| —n | |
| 4. | a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia |
| 5. | an ancient language of Phrygia, belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch of the Indo-European family: recorded in a few inscriptions |
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Word Origin & History
Phrygian
c.1490, "native of Phrygia," region in ancient Asia Minor; Phrygian mode in Gk. music theory is from 1579. Phrygian cap (1796) was the type adopted by freed slaves in Roman times, and subsequently identified as the cap of Liberty.
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