Ligurian

English

Etymology

From Liguria +‎ -an.

Adjective

Ligurian (comparative more Ligurian, superlative most Ligurian)

1. Of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.

Translations

Of or pertaining to Liguria

• Asturian: ligur (ast)
• Catalan: lígur (ca)
• Czech: ligurský
• Danish: ligurisk
• French: ligurien (fr), ligure (fr) m or f
• Friulian: ligur
• Galician: lígur (gl)
• German: ligurisch (de)
• Italian: ligure (it)
• Ligurian: lìgure
• Portuguese: lígure, ligúrio
• Romanian: ligur
• Russian: лигурский (ligurskij)
• Spanish: ligur (es)
• Swedish: ligurisk (sv)

Noun

Ligurian (plural Ligurians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.

Translations

native or inhabitant

• Catalan: lígur (ca) m or f
• French: ligurien (fr) m
• Galician: lígur (gl) m or f
• Italian: ligure (it) m or f
• Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: lígure m or f, ligúrio m
• Romanian: ligur m, ligură f
• Russian: лигуриец (ru) m (ligurijec)
• Spanish: ligur (es) m or f

Proper noun

Ligurian

1. The Gallo-Italic language of this region.
2. An ancient Proto-Indo-European language spoken by the Ligures.
   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 14:

     It is sometimes proposed that there was a connection between Ligurian and Iberian, or that Ligurian was also found in Sicily. Notably, Ligurian has also been mentioned as one of the linguistic substrates of Sardinia.

Translations

Gallo-Italic language

• Catalan: lígur (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利古里亞語 / 利古里亚语

• French: ligurien (fr) m
• Galician: lígur (gl) m
• Italian: ligure (it) m
• Ligurian: lìgure m
• Portuguese: lígure m, ligúrio m
• Spanish: ligur (es)
• Swedish: liguriska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ligurian terms