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Definition of: Ligurian
(li·gy
r′ē·ən) noun
1. A member of a tribe who, in ancient times, inhabited central and northern Italy and parts of Switzerland, France, and Spain.
2. The extinct, primarily Indo–European language of the Ligurians, probably closely related to Italic and Celtic.
3. An inhabitant of modern Liguria.
4. The dialect of Italian spoken in modern Liguria.
—adjective Of or pertaining to ancient or modern Liguria, its inhabitants, its culture, or its language.
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