Septinsular, a. (n.)
(sɛpˈtɪnsjʊlə(r))
[f. L. septem (see septi-1) + insula island. Cf. the Fr. name Sept-îles.]
Septinsular Republic, etc.: the Ionian Islands. Also as n. pl. the people of the Ionian Islands.
| 1809 Ann. Reg. Pref. p. iv, The restoration of the Government of the Septinsular Republic. 1859 Times 5 Dec. 10/6 The little Septinsular State which stands under the protection of Great Britain. 1889 Athenæum 6 July 20/3 A monograph of Andreas Hidromenos, ‘The Struggle of the Septinsulars for National Unity’. 1898 McCarthy Gladstone's Life xvii. 190 The Senate of the Septinsular Commonwealth at Corfu. |