Salian

American  

[say-lee-uhn, sayl-yuhn] / ˈseɪ li ən, ˈseɪl jən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating a Frankish people who lived in the region of the Rhine near the North Sea.

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noun

1. a Salian Frank.

Salian British  

/ ˈseɪlɪən /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to a group of Franks (the Salii ) who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century _ad and later conquered large areas of Gaul, esp in the north

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noun

1. a member of this group

Etymology

Origin of Salian

1605–15; < Late Latin Sali ( ī ) (plural) tribal name + -an

Example Sentences

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Salian

On the intervening night of 8 and 9 June, Satish Salian was called by the police to a hospital where he learnt that his only child was dead.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Satish Salian, who's been fighting for six years to get justice for his daughter, says he's felt "some peace" after the court ordered the fresh investigation into her death.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Instant NeRF could be used to create avatars or scenes for virtual worlds, to capture video conference participants and their environments in 3D, or to reconstruct scenes for 3D digital maps,” writes Nvidia’s Isha Salian.

From The Verge ● Mar. 25, 2022

This incarnation of RaaSa opened in March; Priya Kapoor-Salian and her husband Ashok Salian are the owners.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2015

The Merovingian kings gave a kind of sanction to this gradual separation of the Salian Franks, established in Northern Belgium, from the bulk of the Germanic tribes.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Emile Cammaerts