Danubian

[dan-yoo-bee-uhn]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a Neolithic culture of the Danube basin.

Danubian

/ dænˈjuːbɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the river Danube

Other Word Forms

• trans-Danubian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Danubian¹

First recorded in 1925–30; Danub(e) + -ian

Example Sentences

“My ancestors came from the Danubian Sich. In the 1700s, we were exiled from Russia and settled in parts of the Ottoman Empire. For my family, it was Bucharest and Brailov.”

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Later, in another e-mail, Abbe pointed out that much of the Roman élite “came from diverse-looking stock—Berber, Arab, Transylvanian, Danubian, Spanish, etc.”

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Hungary is plying Olympic authorities with visions of a 2024 games played out from the elegant Danubian capital Budapest to the shores of Lake Balaton, eschewing the extravagance of recent years in a turn to a more modest global sporting celebration.

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One of those detained, from the Danubian city of Ruse, allegedly called for the Currency Board to be scrapped.

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Hussitism, moreover, was spreading into the neighboring lands, especially to the south and east, requiring, as we shall see hereafter, the strenuous efforts of the Inquisition to eradicate it from Hungary and the Danubian provinces.

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