Iceni
noun
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
Icenic
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a word derived from
Iceni.
Example Sentences
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The excavations on the Heath in 1894 were short-lived: Read swiftly determined that there were, in fact, no remains of the Icenic queen, or anyone else, in the mound.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2019
