Salian

Salian
/say"lee euhn, sayl"yeuhn/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or designating a Frankish people who lived in the region of the Rhine near the North Sea.
n.
2. a Salian Frank.
[1605-15; < LL Sali(i) (pl.) tribal name + -AN]

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