scythian

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Scythian
    adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture
           or language
    n 1: a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
    2: the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, n.
   1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.),
      one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied
      Eastern Europe.
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   2. The language of the Scythians.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern
   part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language
   or inhabitants.
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   {Scythian lamb}. (Bot.) See {Barometz}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
   legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
   sprang the races of mankind.]
   Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
   languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
   {Altaic}, {Ural-Altaic}, and {Scythian}), spoken in the
   northern parts of Europe and Asia and in Central Asia; of
   pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
   languages.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Scythian
The Scythians consisted of "all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to
the north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered
far away toward the east. Of this vast country but little was
anciently known. Its modern representative is Russia, which, to
a great extent, includes the same territories." They were the
descendants of Japheth (Gen. 9:27). It appears that in apostolic
times there were some of this people that embraced Christianity
(Col. 3:11).
    

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