Delian
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
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of or relating to Delos
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of or relating to Delius
Etymology
Origin of Delian
1615–25; < Latin Dēli ( us ) (< Greek Dḗlios ) + -an
Example Sentences
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But old rivalries resumed, dividing the Greeks between the Athenian-ruled Delian League and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League.
After the venture capitalist Delian Asparouhov tweeted in December, “ok guys hear me out, what if we moved silicon valley to Miami?” the Republican mayor answered back, “How can I help?”
From Slate
Apollo was called Delian from Delos, the island of his birth, and Pythian from his killing of a serpent, Python, which once lived in the caves of Parnassus.
From Literature
Thus “Presto” begins: “Sartre rasped, ‘Oulipo retops Aldine spares/ Repots Delian tropes, repads spared traces.’
From Washington Post
“I can understand both sides,” Delian Asparouhov, a principal at the venture firm Founders Fund, tweeted.
From The New Yorker
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