Asturian

comparative more Asturian · superlative most Asturian

1. Of, from or relating to Asturias, Spain.

   This gave time to many families to escape; and Bermudo even carried away the bodies of his predecessors to the old refuge in the Asturian hills.

   1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The story of the Christians and Moors of Spain, page 86

2. Of or pertaining to the Asturian language.

   The winning entry was a poem written in Asturian, one of the first such in Asturian literature.

   2002, M. Teresa Turell, Multilingualism in Spain, page 167

plural Asturians

1. A native or inhabitant of Asturias, Spain.

   To this day the Asturians say to each other "Have a care. Asturias is Spain. The rest is Araby."

   2000, Richard Sterling, Allison Jones, Spain, Lonely Planet; World Food, page 145

1. A Romance language spoken in Asturias, Spain.

   The winning entry was a poem written in Asturian, one of the first such in Asturian literature.

   2002, M. Teresa Turell, Multilingualism in Spain, page 167

   1 more example

   In Asturias/Asturies 18.3% of the respondents said they spoke Asturian always or most of the time with friends[…]

   2007, Paolo Coluzzi, Minority language planning and micronationalism in Italy, page 272

2. geographyAn age forming part of the Carboniferous.