Pavian

From Pavia +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈvi.ən/
• Rhymes: -iːən

Pavian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Pavia.
   • 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 91:

     According to one early eleventh-century document, the English had taken offence at the opening of their bags and baggage by the Pavian custom officials, and had grown violet.

Borrowed from Dutch baviaan, from Middle Dutch baubijn, from French babouin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːviːaːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Pa‧vi‧an

Pavian m (strong, genitive Pavians, plural Paviane)

1. baboon (primate)

• → Estonian: paavian
• → Finnish: paviaani
• →? Kashubian: pawión
• → Polish: pawian
• → Russian: павиан (pavian)
  • → Belarusian: павія́н (paviján)
  • → Kazakh: павиан (pavian)
• → Ukrainian: павіа́н (pavián)

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