illyrian
/ɪˈlɪəɹiən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Illyria or Illyrians.
adj
Of or in the Illyrian language.
name
An extinct Indo-European language or group of languages spoken in modern Southeastern Europe, in the western half of the Balkan Peninsula.
name
A sub-age from 240 ± 2.0 to 237 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.
noun
An inhabitant of ancient Illyria.
noun
An inhabitant of Roman province of Illyricum (Illyro-Roman).
Example Sentences
- "Scholars divide the great bulk of the Slavic languages into two branches […] The south-eastern or eastern division contains the Russian, Bulgarian, and Illyrian languages"
- "The Slavic dialect used was examined by a very gifted poet, Gion Palmotich (1606–1657) , who attempts to identify the Dalmatian or Illyrian language (i. e., Serbo-Kroatian) with the Czech of Bohemia, which had been recognized by Charles the Fourth, in his Golden Bull (1355), as necessary for imperial princes to learn."
- "The preface contains a defense of the Illyrian language and a list of the major Slavic “dialects” (Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Illyrian)."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈlɪəɹiən/
- British English: /ɪˈlɪəɹɪən/