Cantabrian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Cantabria

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Cantabrian

From Cantabria + -an.

Adjective

Cantabrian (comparative more Cantabrian, superlative most Cantabrian)

1. From, or pertaining to, Cantabria

Translations

pertaining to Cantabria

• Asturian: cántabru (ast) m, cántabra (ast) f, cántabro (ast) n
• Catalan: cantàbric, càntabre (ca)
• Dutch: Cantabrisch (nl)
• French: cantabrique (fr)
• Friulian: cantabric
• Georgian: კანტაბრიული (ḳanṭabriuli), კანტაბრიის (ḳanṭabriis)
• German: kantabrisch (de)
• Italian: cantabrico
• Polish: kantabryjski (pl)
• Spanish: cántabro (es)

Proper noun

Cantabrian

1. A Romance variety spoken in Cantabria.
2. (obsolete) The language of the Cantabri, formerly believed to be Basque but now generally thought to be Celtic.
   • 1797, “Cantabria”, in Encyclopaedia Britannica, third edition, volume 4, page 122:

     The ancient Cantabrian, in effect, is still found to subsist in the more barren and mountainous parts of the provinces of Biscay, Asturias, and Navarre.

3. (geology) An age beginning 305 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.

Translations

language

• Asturian: cántabru (ast) m
• Catalan: càntabre (ca) m
• Georgian: კანტაბრიული (ḳanṭabriuli), კანტაბრიული ენა (ḳanṭabriuli ena)
• German: Kantabrisch
• Polish: kantabryjski (pl) m

Noun

Cantabrian (plural Cantabrians)

1. Someone from Cantabria.
2. (New Zealand) Someone from Canterbury

Translations

person from Cantabria

• Catalan: càntabre (ca) m
• Dutch: Cantabriër (nl) m, Cantaber (nl) m, Cantabrische (nl) f
• French: Cantabre (fr) m or f
• Georgian: კანტაბრიელი (ḳanṭabrieli)
• Polish: Kantabryjczyk (pl) m
• Spanish: cántabro (es) m