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Tyr⋅i⋅an

[tir-ee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to ancient Tyre or its people.
2. of the color of Tyrian purple.

Origin:
1505–15; < L Tyri(us) (< Gk Týrios, deriv. of Týros Tyre ) + -an
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