Salian

American  

[sey-lee-uhn, seyl-yuhn] / ˈseɪ li ən, ˈseɪl jən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating a Frankish people who lived in the region of the Rhine near the North Sea.

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noun

1. a Salian Frank.

Salian British  

/ ˈseɪlɪən /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to a group of Franks (the Salii ) who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century _ad and later conquered large areas of Gaul, esp in the north

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noun

1. a member of this group

Etymology

Origin of Salian

1605–15; < Late Latin Sali ( ī ) (plural) tribal name + -an

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Salian

“Instant NeRF could be used to create avatars or scenes for virtual worlds, to capture video conference participants and their environments in 3D, or to reconstruct scenes for 3D digital maps,” writes Nvidia’s Isha Salian.

From The Verge ● Mar. 25, 2022

This incarnation of RaaSa opened in March; Priya Kapoor-Salian and her husband Ashok Salian are the owners.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2015

Medal of Honor for his part in the defense of the Salian River.

From Time Magazine Archive

So we find that in the days of Marcus Aurelius an ancient Salian liturgy was used in the Roman temples which had become almost unintelligible to the worshippers.

From Chosen Peoples Being the First "Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture" delivered before the Jewish Historical Society at University College on Easter-Passover Sunday, 1918/5678 by Israel Zangwill

Franks, the, 259; invade Roman empire, 260; Salian, allowed to settle, 326; kingdom of, in Gaul, 356–357; Roman subjects of, 371; religion of, 372; conquests of, 373; incursion of, into Italy, 378.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak