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Sorb⋅i⋅an

[sawr-bee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Wends or their language.
–noun
2. Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
3. a Wend.

Origin:
1830–40; Sorb + -ian
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Sor·bi·an   (sôr'bē-ən)   
n.  
  1. A Sorb.

  2. The Slavic language of the Sorbs. Also called Wendish.

Sor'bi·an adj.
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