8-letter words that end in ian
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- piazzian — (in poems by Keats) of or referring to a piazza
- picarian — a bird belonging to the picariae division of birds, which is extensive and includes woodpeckers, toucans and kingfishers among many more
- pisidian — the extinct language of Pisidia, not known to be related to any other language, written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet.
- plebeian — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- polabian — a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- pompeian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- priscian — flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
- quarrian — a cockatiel, Leptolophus hollandicus, of scrub and woodland regions of inland Australia, that feeds on seeds and grasses
- ranarian — resembling, relating to, or characteristic of frogs
- regalian — of or relating to regalia or royalty
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- riparian — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
- romanian — a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- rosarian — a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- rotarian — a member of a Rotary Club.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- saharian — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- salesian — a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- saxonian — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- scandian — of or relating to Scandia.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- selenian — of the moon; lunar
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- sicanian — Sicilian.
- sicilian — an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
- sidonian — a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- silesian — a region in central Europe along both banks of the upper Oder River, mainly in SW Poland and the N Czech Republic: formerly divided between Germany (which had the largest portion), Poland, and Czechoslovakia; by provision of the Potsdam agreement 1945, the greater part of German Silesia came under Polish administration; rich deposits of coal, iron, and other minerals.
- silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
- sirenian — an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- socinian — a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- somalian — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- swiftian — of or relating to Jonathan Swift
- tahitian — of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
- tarpeian — designating or of a cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors to the state were hurled to their death
- tatarian — a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thracian — of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.
- tiberian — of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- tunisian — a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- turanian — belonging or pertaining to a group of Asian peoples or languages comprising nearly all of those that are neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
- urartian — of or relating to Urartu, its people, or their language.
- valerian — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.