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Asturian [a-stoo r-ee-uh n, a-styoo r-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of or relating to Asturias, its people, or their language.
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- the dialect of Spanish spoken in Asturias.
Origin of Asturian From the Spanish word asturiano, dating back to 1605–15. See Asturias, -an Examples from the Web for asturian Historical Examples of asturian
But let that cowardly Asturian beware how he meets me in the mountains.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.
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He was an Asturian by birth, about fifty years of age, and about five feet high.
George Borrow
The Asturian mountains in this part rise to a considerable altitude.
George Borrow
I was in my own house, and an Asturian is fit company for a king, and is often of better blood.
George Borrow
After a short pause in the Asturian capital we took the train back to Len.
Elizabeth Boyle O’Reilly