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Umbrian Definition


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Umbrian
noun
    1. A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Umbria, a province in central Italy, especially a member of the Italic people who inhabited this area in pre-Roman times.
    2. The extinct language of this people.
    3. A painter of the Umbrian school, an Italian Renaissance school of painting to which Raphael belonged.
adj
    1. Relating or belonging to Umbria or its inhabitants.
    2. Relating to the ancient Umbrian language.
    3. Relating or belonging to the Umbrian school of painting.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin Umber or Umbria.



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