Illyrian
i adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Illyria.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a member of the group of related Indo-European peoples who occupied Illyria from the late third millennium to the early first millennium |
| 2. | the extinct and almost unrecorded language of these peoples: of uncertain relationship within the Indo-European family, but thought by some to be the ancestor of modern Albanian |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of, characteristic of, or relating to Illyria, its people, or their language |
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