"Gaian" meaning in All languages combined

See Gaian on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more Gaian [comparative], most Gaian [superlative]
Etymology: Gaia + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Gaia|an}} Gaia + -an Head templates: {{en-adj}} Gaian (comparative more Gaian, superlative most Gaian)
  1. Of or relating to Gaia.
    Sense id: en-Gaian-en-adj-rsji82mj

Noun [English]

Forms: Gaians [plural]
Etymology: Gaia + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Gaia|an}} Gaia + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gaian (plural Gaians)
  1. A radical Green who views the ecology of the Earth's biosphere not only as the basis of human moral examples, but of all cognition and even sentience. Translations (radical Green): Gaianer [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-Gaian-en-noun-L4IEFwN6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 33 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 36 28 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 0 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 35 24 38 Disambiguation of 'radical Green': 93 4 3
  2. (Internet) A member of the anime-themed social networking and forums-based website Gaia Online. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-Gaian-en-noun-yCkwG8L- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 33 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 36 28 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 0 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 35 24 38
  3. (chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth.
    Sense id: en-Gaian-en-noun-nd9ev60a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 33 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 36 28 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 0 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 35 24 38 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Inflected forms

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