Phrygian

American  

[frij-ee-uhn] / ˈfrɪdʒ i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

2. an Indo-European language that was the language of Phrygia.

Phrygian British  

/ ˈfrɪdʒɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to ancient Phrygia, its inhabitants, or their extinct language

2. music of or relating to an authentic mode represented by the natural diatonic scale from E to E See Hypo-

3. music (of a cadence) denoting a progression that leads a piece of music out of the major key and ends on the dominant chord of the relative minor key

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia

2. an ancient language of Phrygia, belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch of the Indo-European family: recorded in a few inscriptions

Etymology

Origin of Phrygian

From the Latin word Phrygiānus, dating back to 1570–80. See Phrygia, -an