Asturian

See also: asturian

English

Asturia +‎ -an

Asturian (comparative more Asturian, superlative most Asturian)

Of or pertaining to the region of Asturias in Spain.
- 1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The story of the Christians and Moors of Spain, page 86:
  This gave time to many families to escape; and Bermudo even carried away the bodies of his predecessors to the old refuge in the Asturian hills.
Of or pertaining to the Asturian language.
- 2002, M. Teresa Turell, Multilingualism in Spain, page 167:
  The winning entry was a poem written in Asturian, one of the first such in Asturian literature.

of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain

of or pertaining to the Asturian language

Asturian (plural Asturians)

A native of Asturias in northern Spain.
- 2000, Richard Sterling & Allison Jones, Spain (Lonely Planet; World Food), page 145
  To this day the Asturians say to each other "Have a care. Asturias is Spain. The rest is Araby."

a native of Asturias

Asturian: asturianu (ast) m, asturiana (ast) f
Basque: asturiar (eu)
Catalan: asturià (ca) m, asturiana (ca) f
Danish: asturier c
Dutch: Asturiër (nl) m, Asturische (nl) f
Finnish: asturialainen
French: Asturien (fr) m, Asturienne (fr) f
Galician: asturiano (gl) m, asturiana f
Georgian: ასტურიელი (asṭurieli)
German: Asturier (de) m, Asturierin f
Greek: Αστουριανός (el) m (Astourianós), Αστουριανή (el) f (Astourianí)
Maltese: Asturjan (mt) m
Romanian: asturian
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Асту̀рӣјац m, Асту̀рӣјка f
Roman: Astùrījac (sh) m, Astùrījka f
Spanish: asturiano (es) m or f
Swedish: asturier (sv) c, asturiska (sv) f

Asturian

A Romance language spoken in Asturias, Spain.
- 2002, M. Teresa Turell, Multilingualism in Spain, page 167:
  The winning entry was a poem written in Asturian, one of the first such in Asturian literature.
- 2007, Paolo Coluzzi, Minority language planning and micronationalism in Italy, page 272:
  In Asturias/Asturies 18.3% of the respondents said they spoke Asturian always or most of the time with friends […]

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