Umbri

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin umbrī. Also called Ombrii in some Roman sources. Many Roman writers thought the Umbri to be Celtic; Cornelius Bocchus wrote that they descended from an ancient Gaulish tribe. Plutarch wrote that the name might be a different way of writing the name of the Celtic tribe Ambrones, which loosely means "King of the Boii". He also suggested that the Insubres, another Gaulish tribe, might be connected; their Celtic name Isombres could possibly mean "Lower Umbrians", or inhabitants of the country below Umbria. === Noun === Umbri pl (plural only) (historical) An Italic tribe of ancient Italy. ==== Related terms ==== Umbria Umbrian ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Umbri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia