ASTURIAN


Meaning of ASTURIAN in English

I. aˈst(y)u̇rēən, əˈ- adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Spanish asturiano, adjective & noun, from Asturias, region in northwestern Spain + Spanish -ano -an (from Latin -anus )

1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Asturias, now the province of Oviedo, in Spain

2. : belonging to a late Mesolithic culture of northern Spain characterized by picks chipped from cobblestones and by subsistence on shellfish

II. noun

( -s )

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: Spanish asturiano

: a native or inhabitant of Asturias

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