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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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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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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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