| 释义 |
Gurian, n. and a.|ˈgʊərɪən|
A. n. One of a Caucasian race, inhabiting Tiflis, closely related to the Georgians.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this race, or the region in which they live.
1876Encycl. Brit. V. 257/2 The Gurians, a small people occupying the strip of land between the Rion and the mountains on the south, which form the frontier between Russia and Turkey. 1882R. Brown Peoples of World V. i. 22 Like all the Georgians, the Gurian is fond of music. 1906Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 3/1 The Gurians are the..most warlike..of the Georgians. 1932W. E. D. Allen Hist. Georgian People v. 50 Many more were the sea-ports, towns and castles of the Colchian-Lazic basin..inland to Petra, a Roman stronghold under the Gurian hills. Ibid. xviii. 208 The debris of their army was cut to pieces in the Gurian forests. Ibid. 210 In Imereti Solomon the Great, after a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Turks and Gurians, had died recently in Kutais (23rd April, 1782). 1963C. Toumanoff Stud. Chr. Caucasian Hist. 269 The Imeretian house of Mik῾elaje (1850) and the Gurian house of T῾avdgirije (1850) appear to be of Bagratid..origin. |