单词 | Mingrelian |
释义 | Definition of Mingrelian in English:Mingrelian(also Mengrelian) noun mɪŋˈɡreɪlɪənmɪnˈɡrɛlɪən
adjective mɪŋˈɡreɪlɪənmɪnˈɡrɛlɪən
OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Purchas (bap. 1577, d. 1626), geographical editor and compiler and Church of England clergyman. From post-classical Latin Mengrelia, name of an area of the (north-)western Transcaucasus and Black Sea coast around Zugdidi, incorporated within, but often misleadingly equated with, the ancient kingdom of Colchis + -an. Compare Russian mingrel, mingrelec (nouns) person from Mingrelia, mingrel′skij (adjective) Mingrelian; also in forms megrel, megrelec, nouns and megrel′skij, adjective. Definition of Mingrelian in US English:Mingrelian(also Mengrelian) noun
adjective
OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Purchas (bap. 1577, d. 1626), geographical editor and compiler and Church of England clergyman. From post-classical Latin Mengrelia, name of an area of the (north-)western Transcaucasus and Black Sea coast around Zugdidi, incorporated within, but often misleadingly equated with, the ancient kingdom of Colchis + -an. Compare Russian mingrel, mingrelec (nouns) person from Mingrelia, mingrel′skij (adjective) Mingrelian; also in forms megrel, megrelec, nouns and megrel′skij, adjective. |
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