I. -_vēən noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Latin Suevi + English -ian, n. suffix
: one of an ancient Germanic people prob. of many distinct tribes mentioned by Caesar as dwelling east of the Rhine and by Tacitus as extending to the Elbe and the Baltic ; also : one of a Germanic horde from this region that overran France and Spain early in the 5th century A.D.
II. adjective
or sue·vic -_vik
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Suevi + English -ian, adjective suffix, or -ic
: of or relating to the Suevians