Silures

American  

[sil-yuh-reez] / ˈsɪl jəˌriz /

plural noun

1. a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.

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Silures British  

/ saɪˈlʊəriːz /

plural noun

1. a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Britain, living chiefly in SE Wales, who fiercely resisted Roman invaders in the 1st century _a.d

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Silures

Cambrian comes from the Roman name for Wales, while Ordovician and Silurian recall ancient Welsh tribes, the Ordovices and Silures.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Arthur, king of the Silures, being selected by Ambrosius for the command of the army, he defeated the Saxons in twelve pitched battles.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

By some geologists it is called the Silurian System, it being largely developed at the surface of a district of western England formerly occupied by the Silures.

From An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges by Anonymous

Henry Vaughan, 1614-1695: he was called the Silurist, from his residence in Wales, the country of the Silures.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry

His legates, Cerealis and Frontinus, reduced the Silures and Brigantes,—one the most warlike, the other the most numerous people in the island.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund