Friulian, a. and n.
(frɪˈuːlɪən)
[f. Friuli, a district in N.E. Italy: see -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Friuli or its inhabitants. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Friuli; the Rhæto-Romance dialect spoken by the people of Friuli.
| 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 492/2 Eastern Section or Friulian Region.—Here there still exists a flourishing ‘Ladinity’, but at the same time it tends towards Italian. 1910 C. Hulton tr. Villari's Mediæval Italy i. 4 In Italy the Friulian Marches, eventually extending to the Adige, were constituted. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 89/2 Friuli is rich in both maize and wine, and its inhabitants..are mostly Italians, but some speak Slovenian and some Friulian, a Romansch dialect. 1963 Times 12 Feb. 8/6 The Friulians can hardly have been happy that Trieste is to be the regional capital. 1966 Listener 2 June 814/3 The recent Elegie for voice, violin, clarinet, and guitar (1962) on the Friulian poems of Franco Gironcoli. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 1101/1 The RR dialects are spoken in three major areas: (1) In Friuli, the region between the Alps and the head of the Adriatic sea... This idiom is called Friulian. |