Antiochian

English

Alternative forms

Antiochan

Etymology 1

From Antioch +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈɒkiən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈoʊkiən/, IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈɑkiən/
Hyphenation: An‧ti‧o‧chi‧an

Adjective

Antiochian (comparative more Antiochian, superlative most Antiochian)

Of or pertaining to ancient Antioch.
Synonym: Antiochene

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to ancient Antioch

Armenian: անտիոքյան (antiokʿyan)
Bengali: আন্তাকী (antakī)
Bulgarian: антиохийски (antiohijski)
Catalan: antioquè
Czech: antiochijský
Esperanto: antioĥia
Finnish: antiokialainen
French: antiochien (fr)
German: antiochenisch
Italian: antiocheno (it)
Latin: antiochēnus, antiochēnsis
Old Armenian: անտիոքական (antiokʿakan)
Polish: antiocheński (pl)
Portuguese: antioqueno
Romanian: antiohian
Russian: антиохи́йский (ru) (antioxíjskij)
Slovak: antiochijský
Spanish: antioqueno (es)
Ukrainian: антіохійський (antioxijsʹkyj)

Noun

Antiochian (plural Antiochians)

(historical) A person from, or an inhabitant of, ancient Antioch.
- 1876, Palestine and Syria‎, page 548:
  Pompey erected the place into a free city for refusing to receive the Armenian King Tigranes, whom the Antiochians had summoned to their aid.
Synonym: Antiochene

Translations

a person from, or an inhabitant of, ancient Antioch

Armenian: անտիոքացի (antiokʿacʿi)
Catalan: antioquè m
Esperanto: antioĥiano, antioĥianino (female)
French: Antiochien m, Antiochienne f
German: Antiochener m, Antiochenerin f, Antiochier m, Antiochierin f
Greek:
Ancient: Ἀντιοχεύς m (Antiokheús)
Italian: antiocheno (it) m, antiochena f
Latin: Antiochēnus m, Antiochēna f, Antiochēnsis m or f
Old Armenian: անտիոքացի (antiokʿacʿi)
Portuguese: antioqueno m, antioquena f
Russian: антиохи́ец m anim (antioxíjec), антиохи́йка f anim (antioxíjka)
Spanish: antioqueno (es) m, antioquena (es) f

Etymology 2

From Antiochus +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Antiochian (comparative more Antiochian, superlative most Antiochian)

Pertaining to Antiochus of Ascalon, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.

Translations

pertaining to Antiochus of Ascalon

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Antiochian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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