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Iceni
[ ahy-see-nahy ]
noun
- an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
Iceni
/ aɪˈsiːnaɪ /
plural noun
- an ancient British tribe that rebelled against the Romans in 61 ad under Queen Boudicca
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- I·ce·nic [ahy-, see, -nik], adjective
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Example Sentences
Before the monks came the place was held by the Iceni—a stout and valiant people, as Tacitus describes them.
For about 600 years after the defeat of the Iceni, no reliable information respecting that people is to be found in any history.
A king of the Iceni had devised a considerable part of his substance to the emperor.
A confused clamour of shouts and cries rose from the town, above which sounded the yells of the exulting Iceni.
Upon the morning of the day fixed for the gathering of the Iceni preparations were begun early at Cardun.
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