Umbrian

[ uhm-bree-uhn ]

/ ˈʌm bri ən /

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adjective

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

noun

a native or inhabitant of Umbria.

the extinct Italic language of the ancient Umbrians.

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Origin of Umbrian

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Umbrian

non-Um·bri·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Umbrian

umbrella tent, umbrella term, umbrella tree, umbrette, Umbria, Umbrian, Umbriel, umbriferous, UMD, Ume, Umeå

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How to use Umbrian in a sentence

During that time his father rented out one whole floor of the luxury Brufani Hotel overlooking the Umbrian countryside.
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The picturesque Umbrian hill town of Perugia may have seemed an idyllic setting for cultural and linguistic enhancement.
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It is one of the loveliest of all early Umbrian pictures, full of a new kind of happiness that is about to discover the world.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
Influenced in the beginning by the Sienese, the Umbrian school of painting remained almost entirely religious.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton

Assisi, the little Umbrian hill town, is deservedly the popular shrine that it is.
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Perugias lode star for travellers has ever been the fact that it was the centre of the school of Umbrian painters.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
It needed the Umbrian sky, it required the Umbrian landscape to make of such strange contrasts an harmonious whole.
The Story of Perugia|Margaret Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for Umbrian

Umbrian

/ (ˈʌmbrɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Umbria, its inhabitants, their dialect of Italian, or the ancient language once spoken there

of or relating to a Renaissance school of painting that included Raphael

noun

a native or inhabitant of Umbria

an extinct language of ancient S Italy, belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European familySee also Osco-Umbrian

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