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A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.

One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.

ences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. -- Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverage…

Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.

A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

An inhabitant of the moon.

Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. Dryden. Lydian st…

A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.

ge heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. J. Stevens.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n.

A native or inhabitant of Majorca.

Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants. -- n.

A native or inhabitant of Mantua.

Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. Manx cat (Zoöl.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. -- Manx shearwater (Zoöl.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was form…

One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. -- a.