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  Ligurian

  noun

  a language used in ancient times along the northwest coast of the Ligurian Sea, widely believed to belong to the Indo-European language family.
• ligurian
  ligurian

  adjective

  of or relating to Liguria, a region of NW Italy, or its inhabitants

Ligurian

American  

[li-gyoor-ee-uhn] / lɪˈgjʊər i ən /

noun

1. a language used in ancient times along the northwest coast of the Ligurian Sea, widely believed to belong to the Indo-European language family.

2. Also called Genoese. a Romance language of northern Italy, spoken primarily in Liguria but unrelated to ancient Ligurian.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Liguria or its inhabitants.

ligurian British  

/ lɪˈɡjʊərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Liguria, a region of NW Italy, or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Liguria

Etymology

Origin of Ligurian

First recorded in 1595–1605; Liguri(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Ligurian

On February 23, 1887, an earthquake in the Ligurian Sea, with an estimated magnitude between 6.5 and 6.8, triggered a tsunami along the coast.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Little shows this more than the club's nickname 'Xeneize', which comes from the Ligurian dialect word for Genoese.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

Before the war began in February 2022, Italy's beaches and ports were a popular playground for wealthy Russians who bought properties in prime locations such as Lake Como, Sardinia, Tuscany and the Ligurian coast.

From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023

The olive oil “doesn’t have to be terribly expensive,” says Brandwein, who favors a fruity Ligurian option.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022

But I was curious, because when w ere we ever going to get the chance to sail around the Ligurian Sea on some bloke’s private yacht?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins