Icarian

Icarian
/i kair"ee euhn, uy kair"-/, adj.
1. of or like Icarus.
2. of or pertaining to Icaria or its inhabitants.
n.
3. an inhabitant of Icaria.
[1585-95; < L Icari(us) ( < Gk Ikários of ICARUS) + -AN]

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