Erythraean

• Erythræan (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈθɹi.ən/
• Rhymes: -iən
• Hyphenation: Er‧y‧thrae‧an

From Erythrae +‎ -an.

Erythraean (comparative more Erythraean, superlative most Erythraean)

1. Of or relating to Erythrae, Beotia
2. Of or relating to Erythrae, Ionia

Erythraean (plural Erythraeans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Beotia
2. A native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Ionia

From Latin erythraeus (“reddish”) (as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”)) +‎ -an.

the Erythraean

1. Ellipsis of the Erythraean Sea.

Erythraean (comparative more Erythraean, superlative most Erythraean)

1. Of or relating to the Erythraean Sea
   • 1638, George Sandys, A Paraphrase Vpon the Divine Poems‎^[1], page 129:

     But murmur'd on the Erythræan shore.

   • 1892, The Nineteenth Century, page 437:

     The Italian possessions on the Red Sea, classically named by Signor Crispi the Erythræan colony, extend along 1,236 kilometres of coast [...]