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Salian

American  
[say-lee-uhn, sayl-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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a member of this group

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Salian

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


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Satish Salian, who's been fighting for six years to get justice for his daughter, says he's felt "some peace" after the court ordered the fresh investigation into her death.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

In the FIR Satish Salian has registered with the CBI, he has alleged that the deaths of Disha and Rajput are linked.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“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

They were, however, again subdued by Trajan and Adrian, and at the end of the third century the Salian Franks obtained possession of the Island of Batavia.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

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