Cimbrian

== English == === Etymology === From Cimbri +‎ -an. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪmbɹiən/ Hyphenation: Cim‧bri‧an === Noun === Cimbrian (plural Cimbrians) (historical) A member of the Cimbri (tribe that invaded southern Europe in the 2nd century BCE) 2002, Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Historiography at the Court of Christian IV (1588-1648): Studies in the Latin Histories of Denmark by Johannes Pontanus and Johannes Meursius (→ISBN), The Chronological Narrative of Pontanus's Rerum Danicarum historia, page 171 (translating Pontanus's Latin into English): I, however, putting these things aside or leaving them out for a short while, have found it better to begin with the migration of the Cimbrians from their home in their peninsula [Jutland]. (linguistics, ethnology) A speaker of the modern Cimbrian language in Italy (see proper noun below) ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Cimbrian A variety of Bavarian (High German) spoken in a number of language islands in northeastern Italy, very conservative in its structure, now highly endangered. ==== Usage notes ==== The modern Cimbrian language has nothing to do with the historic Cimbri, but was introduced by medieval settlers from what is now Austria. The name is due to an academic misidentification. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Cimbrian terms === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Cimbrian, cim ⁠ === Anagrams === Braminic