Mervian

M3E1R1V4I1A1N1

adjective

Of or related to Merv, the oasis and city of Mary, Uzbekistan.

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Meanings

adjectiveMervian (comparative more Mervian, superlative most Mervian)

comparative more Mervian · superlative most Mervian

  1. historicalOf or related to Merv, the oasis and city of Mary, Uzbekistan.

    We have entered the Mervian oasis, eighty miles long and eight wide, and containing about six hundred thousand hectares...

    1893, anonymous trans. of Jules Verne, Claudius Bombarnac, Ch. 10
nounMervian (plural Mervians)

plural Mervians

  1. historicalA person of Merv.

    The circumstances of the submission of the Mervians are furnished by the World, a small newspaper owned and edited by M. Komaroff, late chief of General Tchernaieff's staff in Servia...

    1884' June 10, "The Russians and Merv", Brisbane Courier, p. 3

Origin

From Merv + -ian.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Minervavermian
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APA

Mervian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mervian

MLA

“Mervian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mervian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mervian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mervian.

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