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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, n.
     1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.),
        one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied
        Eastern Europe.
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     2. The language of the Scythians.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern
     part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language
     or inhabitants.
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     {Scythian lamb}. (Bot.) See {Barometz}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
     legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
     sprang the races of mankind.]
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
     languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
     {Altaic}, {Ural-Altaic}, and {Scythian}), spoken in the
     northern parts of Europe and Asia and in Central Asia; of
     pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
     languages.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Scythian
       adj : of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or
             language
       n 1: a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
       2: the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Scythian
     The Scythians consisted of "all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to
     the north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered
     far away toward the east. Of this vast country but little was
     anciently known. Its modern representative is Russia, which, to
     a great extent, includes the same territories." They were the
     descendants of Japheth (Gen. 9:27). It appears that in apostolic
     times there were some of this people that embraced Christianity
     (Col. 3:11).
     

















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