Iceni

American  

[ahy-see-nahy] / aɪˈsi naɪ /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.

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Iceni British  

/ aɪˈsiːnaɪ /

plural noun

1. an ancient British tribe that rebelled against the Romans in 61 _ad under Queen Boudicca

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Other Word Forms

• Icenic adjective

Example Sentences

The remains have been transported to a warehouse outside Greater London, where they will be studied, cataloged and eventually reburied, said Stephen McLeod, senior archaeologist at Iceni Projects, the company hired to handle the exhumations.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021

Read was searching for the remains of Boudica, a Celtic queen of the Iceni people, who led an uprising against the Romans around 60 A.D.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 3, 2019

Boudicca did lead the armies of the Iceni tribe in the first century A.D., but it was only later that I learned why.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2019

The very suggestion would have sent the Iceni tribe on the warpath.

From BBC • May 14, 2016

The ultimate result, of course, was that the Iceni were wiped out of existence, and the chances are that the Trinobantes also felt the strong wrath of Suetonius.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)