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Asturian, a. and n.|əˈstjʊərɪən|
[ad. Sp. asturiano; cf. L. Astur, -uris Asturian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Asturias, an ancient province of northern Spain (now Oviedo), or its inhabitants; spec. designating a culture, remains of which have been found in Asturias (see quots.).
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Asturias.
2. The Castilian dialect spoken by natives of Asturias.
1612T. Shelton tr. Cervantes' Don Quixote (1896) I. iii. ii. 132 There likewise served in the Inne an Asturian Wench. Ibid. 136 He stretched forth his armes to receive his beautifull Damzell the Asturian. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 539/1 The Asturian farmers also plant..scarlet-runners together with the Indian corn. Ibid. 540/1 The Asturians speak the Castilian language. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 824/2 There is a special clan among the Asturians called the Baqueros. 1887Ibid. XXII. 350/2 Castilian Dialects..Asturian—The Asturian idiom, called by the natives bable, is differentiated from the Castilian by the following characters [etc.]. 1924C. D. Matthew tr. H. Obermaier's Fossil Man in Spain x. 349 Protoneolithic phases in Europe... The only such phase known in Spain is the Asturian, which ..is post-Azilian and pre-Neolithic in age. Ibid., The cultural phase which the present writer has styled the ‘Asturian’. 1959Chambers's Encycl. V. 452/2 On the north coast of Spain are found the middens of the Asturians who hunted land game and collected shell-fish on the shore during late mesolithic times. |