Idaean

Idaean
/uy dee"euhn/, adj.
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
[1580-90; < L Idae(us) ( < Gk Idaîos Idaean) + -AN]

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