Lycian
Ly·ci·an/ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/noun, adjective
Lycian is a noun meaning “A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-Y-C-I-A-N and has 3 syllables (Ly·ci·an), and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Lycian is Lycians.
What does Lycian mean?
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia.
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Lycian?
- UK /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/
- UK /ˈlɪ.ʃɪ.ən/
- UK /ˈlɪ.ʃən/
Lycian has 3 syllables, split Ly·ci·an in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-Lycian_1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-Lycian_2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-Lycian_3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Lycian
- Lycians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Lycian?
Lycian appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lycian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Lycian come from?
From Lycia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).