Xanthianadj.n.
/ˈzanθɪən/ Of or pertaining to (or an inhabitant of) Xanthus, an ancient town in Asia Minor; spec. of a collection of marbles discovered near it.
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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
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Asia Minor and Middle East > other ancient cities
BabylonisheOE
Tyrian1513
Milesian1579
Smyrnian1579
Babylonical1597
Tiberian1601
Phocaean1614
Teian1647
Xanthian1685
Smyrnaean1807
Petraean1852
Smyrniote1867
Chalcidic1876
Chalcidian1880
Tarsian1895
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. i. xl. 363 The Zanthians, who being besieg'd..precipitated themselves..into such a furious Appetite of dying,..that Brutus had much ado to save but a very small number.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 221 E're yet the Food Of Troy they taste, or drink the Xanthian Flood.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives IV. 244 A spring in Lycia near the city of the Xanthians.
1842 C. Fellows (title) The Xanthian Marbles, their acquisition and transmission to England.
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