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名詞

Creone (複数形 Creones)

1. A member of a tribe that lived in what is now part of Scotland.
   • 1772, John Whitaker, The Genuine History of the Britons Asserted:

     At the commencement of these wars, a younger son of the royal family of the Creones in Caledonia, having been sent over with succours to the Britons, was chosen their Pendragon by the kings ; and the crown was fixed hereditary in his family. And, soon after the conclusion of them, the royal line of the Creones being extinguished, their domions must necessarily have devolved to the monarchs of Ireland.

   • 1807, George Chalmers, Caledonia, page 68:

     The west coast of Ross, from Volias-sinus, on the north, to the Ityo, on the south, was inhabited by the Creones, who derived their British name from their fiercencis ; Crewon, or Creuonwys, signifying the men of blood.

   • 1887, Publications of the Scottish History Society, page 115:

     In the west, to the north of Mull were the Creones, falling in with the north part of Argyleshire and the west part of Rosshire ; to the north of these again were the Carnonacae, being the west part also of Rosshire ; opposite to the two first is the isle of Skye, the ancient Dumna.