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PHRYGIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Phrygian" is a kind of...):
Thraco-Phrygian (an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Phrygia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phrygian" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Phrygian"):
Colossian (a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia)