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Definition of Cimmerian

Cimmerian
Cimmerian Cim*me"ri*an, a. [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also Kimmerian.] 1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness. 2. Without any light; intensely dark. In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. --Milton.

Meaning of Cimmerian from wikipedia

- Although the Cimmerians were culturally Scythian, they formed an ethnic unit separate from the Scythians proper, to whom the Cimmerians were related and...
- Thraco-Cimmerian is a historiographical and archaeological term, composed of the names of the Thracians and the Cimmerians. It refers to 8th to 7th century...
- Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted...
- The Cimmerian Orogeny was an orogeny that created mountain ranges that now lie in Central Asia. The orogeny is believed to have begun during the Late...
- Conan the Cimmerian may refer to: Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard's fictional character Conan the Cimmerian (comics), Dark Horse Comics series about...
- introduced by Suess in 1901, the "Kimmerisches Gebirge" – the "Crimean" or "Cimmerian Mountains". In the mountain range that now stretches from the Alps to...
- The Cimmerian Sibyl, by name Carmentis, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy, near Lake Avernus (i.e...
- proto-Celtic Cimmerian people. The name Crom is probably derived from the Old Irish deity Crom Cruach or Crom Dubh. Crom is the chief god of the Cimmerian pantheon...
- Skilled in mounted warfare, the Scythians replaced the Agathyrsi and the Cimmerians as the dominant power on the western Eurasian Steppe in the 8th century...
- Crimean city of Kerch, gives its name to the strait, formerly known as the Cimmerian Bosporus or Straits of Taman. It has also been called the Straits of Yenikale...