Sardinian

[ sahr-din-ee-uh n, -din-yuh n ]

/ sɑrˈdɪn i ən, -ˈdɪn yən /

adjective

of or relating to Sardinia, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Sardinia.

a Romance language spoken on Sardinia.

Origin of Sardinian

First recorded in 1590–1600; Sardini(a) + -an

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Examples from the Web for sardinian

Whether it does that will be clear on Friday, when it meets to discuss the future of the Sardinian mine.
Occupy Coal Mine: Sardinian Miners Barricade Themselves Underground|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Once she was flown to his Sardinian villa with around 25 other women.
Will Berlusconi Get the Boot?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She thought her Italian possessions secure, even in case of the defection of the Sardinian king.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power|John S. C. Abbott
Would it be wrong to call it Sardinian when every Sarde could read them?
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

And we can only write, in view of the vain devotion of the Sardinian lover—le pauvre Giacomo!
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851|Various
Pen is quite well and rejoicing just now in a Sardinian pony on which he gallops like Puck on a dragon-fly's back.
Life and Letters of Robert Browning|Mrs. Sutherland Orr
He was a Sardinian, and had spent some years of his life an Austrian prisoner in a fortress.
Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq.|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for sardinian

Sardinian

/ (sɑːˈdɪnɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Sardinia, its inhabitants, or their language

noun

a native or inhabitant of Sardinia

the spoken language of Sardinia, sometimes regarded as a dialect of Italian but containing many loan words from Spanish

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