Umbri

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noun

An Italic tribe of ancient Italy.

OriginLatin umbrī →
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Meanings

nounUmbri pl (plural only)
  1. historicalpluralplural onlyAn Italic tribe of ancient Italy.

Origin

  1. Latinumbrī
  2. EnglishUmbri

Borrowed from Latin umbrī. Also called Ombrii in some Roman sources. Many Roman writers thought the Umbri to be Celtic; Cornelius Bocchus wrote that they descended from an ancient Gaulish tribe. Plutarch wrote that the name might be a different way of writing the name of the Celtic tribe Ambrones, which loosely means "King of the Boii". He also suggested that the Insubres, another Gaulish tribe, might be connected; their Celtic name Isombres could possibly mean "Lower Umbrians", or inhabitants of the country below Umbria.

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Translations

Italian umbri
  • umbriItalic tribe
Polish Umbri
  • UmbriItalic tribe
Russian Умбры
  • Умбры (Úmbry)Italic tribe
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APA

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

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Chicago

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