Susianadj.n.
/ˈsuːzɪən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to (Susa, the ancient capital of) Susiana (modern Khuzistan in Iran), its natives or inhabitants, or the language spoken by them.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [adjective]
NinevitishOE
Trojanc1374
Sardian1551
Susian?1552
Illyrian1556
Phoenician?1556
Hyrcan1567
Sidonian1578
Phrygian1579
Smyrnian1579
Lycaonian1582
Paphlagonian1596
Lycian1598
Galatian1603
Cappadocian1607
Canaanite1613
Mysian1613
Phocaean1614
Phrygic1614
Dardana1616
Babylonized1701
Pergamene1703
Milesiana1722
Canaanitic1753
Palmyrenian1776
Smyrnaean1807
Troic1838
Minaean1844
Ninevite1848
Smyrniote1867
Isaurian1880
Mitannian1897
Iconian1899
Mitannite1911
Thraco-Phrygian1924
?1552 W. Barker tr. Xenophon Discipline Cyrus iv. sig. Qiv They had selected a moste goodly tente for Cyrus, and a Seusian woman.
1857 W. K. Loftus Trav. Chaldæa & Susiana xxviii. 372 The details of the Susian and Persepolitan structures.
1874 A. H. Sayce in Trans. Soc. Bibl. Archaeol. III. 484 The Susian and Accadian genitive follows the substantive which governs it.
1915 P. M. Sykes Hist. Persia I. iv. 54 There was a very ancient occupation of the Susian plain.
1948 W. W. Tarn Alexander the Great II. ii. 311 It remains to consider the Susian satrapy mentioned above.
1965 W. Culican Medes & Persians v. 102 The tablets..are file-copies kept by the Susian scribes.
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Susiana or its capital, Susa.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun]
MedeeOE
PartheOE
PuniceOE
NineviteOE
Trojanc1330
sodomitea1382
Phoeniciana1387
Macedonianc1400
Parthianc1400
Macedonc1440
Phrygian?1473
Mycenaeanc1487
Tyrian1513
Sidonian?1520
Galatian1526
Canaanite1530
Cananaean1534
Milesian1550
Sogdian1553
Syrophœnician1560
Molossian1563
Hyrcanian1567
Palmyrene1567
Pergamenian1579
Smyrnian1579
Mysian1581
Carthaginian1592
Punican1595
Lycian1598
Smyrnaean1598
Phocaean1600
Gallo-greeks1601
Iberian1601
Minaean1601
Susian1601
Cappadocian1607
Carian1607
Paphlagonian1607
Hamathite1611
Pergamene1612
Byzantiana1620
Gallo-graecians1619
Chalcidian1654
Philadelphiana1680
Xanthian1685
Palmyrenian1697
Isaurian1776
Dardan1813
Byzantine1836
Bœotian1839
Ilian1847
Susianian1874
Libyo-Phœnician1876
Khaldian1882
Mitannian1907
Iconian1911
Petraean1923
Lycaonian1926
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxvii. 138 It receiveth..the river Hedypnus..and one more out of the Susianes countrey.
1857 W. K. Loftus Trav. Chaldæa & Susiana xxx. 426 Pliny, referring to Susa, says that ‘the Eulæus surrounded the citadel of the Susians’.
1915 P. M. Sykes Hist. Persia I. iv. 58 The chief deity..was referred to as..the ‘Susian’.
1965 W. Culican Medes & Persians v. 98 Besides Medes, Persians and Susians, R. D. Barnett has listed..Haraiva [etc.].
2. The language of the Susians, known from inscriptions of the third millennium b.c., also known as Elamite (see Elamite n. and adj.).
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Elamo-Dravidian > [noun] > Elamite
Susian1857
Elamite1874
Kassite1939
1857 W. K. Loftus Trav. Chaldæa & Susiana xxx. 408 A much-defaced and weathered inscription, written in a language which M. Oppert terms ‘late Susanian’.
1874 A. H. Sayce in Trans. Soc. Bibl. Archaeol. III. 474 This plural in -ib (or -be after a consonant) meets us again in Susian.
1915 P. M. Sykes Hist. Persia I. iv. 57 In Elam there are found..proper names..which belong to a language..known among scholars as Anzanite, Susian, or simply Elamite.
Derivatives
Susiˈanian adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of ancient cities or states > [noun]
MedeeOE
PartheOE
PuniceOE
NineviteOE
Trojanc1330
sodomitea1382
Phoeniciana1387
Macedonianc1400
Parthianc1400
Macedonc1440
Phrygian?1473
Mycenaeanc1487
Tyrian1513
Sidonian?1520
Galatian1526
Canaanite1530
Cananaean1534
Milesian1550
Sogdian1553
Syrophœnician1560
Molossian1563
Hyrcanian1567
Palmyrene1567
Pergamenian1579
Smyrnian1579
Mysian1581
Carthaginian1592
Punican1595
Lycian1598
Smyrnaean1598
Phocaean1600
Gallo-greeks1601
Iberian1601
Minaean1601
Susian1601
Cappadocian1607
Carian1607
Paphlagonian1607
Hamathite1611
Pergamene1612
Byzantiana1620
Gallo-graecians1619
Chalcidian1654
Philadelphiana1680
Xanthian1685
Palmyrenian1697
Isaurian1776
Dardan1813
Byzantine1836
Bœotian1839
Ilian1847
Susianian1874
Libyo-Phœnician1876
Khaldian1882
Mitannian1907
Iconian1911
Petraean1923
Lycaonian1926
1874 A. H. Sayce in Trans. Soc. Bibl. Archaeol. III. 466 The Susians, or Susianians proper, who had their seat at Shushan.
1874 A. H. Sayce in Trans. Soc. Bibl. Archaeol. III. 476 Susian or southern Susianian.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 187/2 The revolt in his rear was stirred up by the Susianian king.
1877 G. Rawlinson Origin Nations ii. iv. 213 The primitive Babylonians and their neighbors and kinsmen, the Susianians.
Susianic adj.
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1898 A. J. Butler tr. F. Ratzel Hist. Mankind III. v. § 2. 166 In the Susianic texts.
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