"Medicean" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /mɛdɪˈtʃiːən/ [UK] Forms: more Medicean [comparative], most Medicean [superlative]
Etymology: From post-classical Latin Mediceus (16th century; from the family name Medici) + -an. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Mediceus}} Latin Mediceus, {{m|en|Medici}} Medici, {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-adj}} Medicean (comparative more Medicean, superlative most Medicean)
  1. (astronomy, now historical) Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), as named by Galileo in honour of his future patron Cosimo II de' Medici. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-Medicean-en-adj-mm4QMC-o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 93 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 94 6 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. Pertaining to the Medici family.
    Sense id: en-Medicean-en-adj-ITNBri1t

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