Erythraean
English
Alternative forms
- Erythræan (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈθɹi.ən/
- Rhymes: -iən
- Hyphenation: Er‧y‧thrae‧an
Etymology 1
From Erythrae + -an.
Adjective
Erythraean (comparative more Erythraean, superlative most Erythraean)
- Of or relating to Erythrae, Beotia
- Of or relating to Erythrae, Ionia
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Noun
Erythraean (plural Erythraeans)
- A native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Beotia
- A native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Ionia
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Etymology 2
From Latin erythraeus (“reddish”) (as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”)) + -an.
Proper noun
the Erythraean
- Ellipsis of the Erythraean Sea.
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Adjective
Erythraean (comparative more Erythraean, superlative most Erythraean)
- Of or relating to the Erythraean Sea
- 1638, George Sandys, A Paraphrase Vpon the Divine Poems, page 129:
- But murmur'd on the Erythræan shore.
- 1892, The Nineteenth Century, page 437:
- The Italian possessions on the Red Sea, classically named by Signor Crispi the Erythræan colony, extend along 1,236 kilometres of coast [...]
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