9-letter words containing ian
- siciliano — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- slavonian — of or relating to Slavonia or its inhabitants.
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- songjiang — a former province in NE China, now a part of Inner Mongolia. 79,151 sq. mi. (205,001 sq. km).
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- strontian — strontianite.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- sungkiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- tactician — a person who is adept in planning tactics.
- tanzanian — a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands). 364,881 sq. mi. (945,037 sq. km). Capital: Dodoma.
- tarriance — delay.
- tartarian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a Tartar or the Tartars, the Mongolian and Turkish tribes who overran Asia and much of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
- tasmanian — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- tellurian — of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
- tian shan — Tien Shan.
- tocharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
- tokharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
- tragedian — an actor especially noted for performing tragic roles.
- trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)
- triannual — done, occurring, issued, etc., three times a year.
- trigynian — relating to plants with three pistils, from the order Trigynia
- tsakonian — a modern Greek dialect spoken on the east coast of the Peloponnesus, descended from the Laconian dialect of ancient Sparta.
- tsimshian — a member of an American Indian people of the coastal region of British Columbia.
- tsinkiang — Older Spelling. former name of Quanzhou.
- tungusian — of or relating to a formerly nomadic Mongoloid people of E Siberia
- typhonian — of or relating to Typhon
- ukrainian — of or relating to Ukraine, its people, or their language.
- ultradian — of or relating to a biorhythm having a period of less than 24 hours.
- undefiant — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- unitarian — a person who maintains that God is one being, rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity.
- unreliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- valiantly — boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.
- valkyrian — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- varangian — any of the Northmen who, under Rurik, established a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century.
- varsovian — a native or inhabitant of Warsaw.
- veblenian — of, relating to, or suggesting the theories of Thorstein Veblen.
- verbarian — an inventor of words
- vergilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- vespasian — (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) a.d. 9–79, Roman emperor 70–79.
- vicariant — the geographical separation and isolation of a subpopulation, resulting in the original population's differentiation as a new variety or species.
- victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
- vientiane — a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- virgilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- virginian — of or relating to the state of Virginia.
- vitruvian — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- vivianite — a secondary mineral, hydrous ferrous phosphate, Fe 3 (PO 4) 2 ⋅8H 2 O, occurring in the form of pale blue crystals or powder.
- vulcanian — of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.