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  • proper noun Plural form of Illyrian.

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Examples

  • The Illyrians were a nation formidable both by land and sea, who felt secure in their strong fortified positions, and Anicius had thoroughly subjugated them in a few days and captured their king and all his family.

    The History of Rome, Vol. VI 1905

  • Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.

    unknown title 2009

  • Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.

    unknown title 2009

  • If Albanians are so called Illyrians why is one of the ALbanian family names (Gashi) also belong to a city in Iran.

    Serbianna.com 2009

  • Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.

    unknown title 2009

  • Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.

    unknown title 2009

  • Scholars believe the Albanian people are descended from a non-Slavic, non-Turkic group of tribes known as Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC.

    unknown title 2009

  • But his true motives were soon apparent; his object was to play off the nationalism of the "Illyrians" against the radicalism of Magyars and Germans, and thus to preserve his province for the monarchy; and the Hungarian radicals played into his hands.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

  • "If Albanians are so called Illyrians why is one of the ALbanian family names (Gashi) also belong to a city in Iran.

    Serbianna.com 2009

  • The Illyrians were not as well organized as the Macedonians, but they were brave and numerous.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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