Aryan
noun/ˈeəriən/
/ˈeriən/
- a member of the group of people, who spoke an Indo-European language, that went to South Asia in around 1500 BC
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- the language of the Aryan people
- (according to the ideas of the German Nazi party) a member of a Caucasian, not Jewish, group of people, especially one with fair hair and blue eyes
Word Originfrom Sanskrit ārya ‘noble’ + -an.
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