SARDINIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sardinian mean? 

• SARDINIAN (noun)
  The noun SARDINIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Sardinia

2. the Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish

  Familiarity information: SARDINIAN used as a noun is rare.

• SARDINIAN (adjective)
  The adjective SARDINIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language

  Familiarity information: SARDINIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARDINIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Sardinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sardinian" is a kind of...):

Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)

Derivation:

Sardinian (of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Sardinian" is a kind of...):

Italian (the Romance language spoken in Italy)

Derivation:

Sardinian (of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language)

• SARDINIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Sardinia (the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century)

Derivation:

Sardinia (an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy)

Sardinian (the Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish)

Sardinian (a native or inhabitant of Sardinia)