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Latin
Etymology
Also spelled as Kilbianoi, borrowed through Ancient Greek presumably from Lydian or another Anatolian language.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cilbiānī m pl (genitive Cilbiānōrum); second declension
- A tribe of Lydia mentioned by Pliny, dwelling in the upper valley of Κάϋστρος (Káüstros)
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Cilbiani”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Cilbiani in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces, 2nd Edition