Hesperien (s.xiii3/4)

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Hesperien (s.xiii3/4)

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[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  Hesperian, a.1 and n.1; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

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1demonym inhabitant of the western land of Africa (where in Greek mythology the Garden of the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening light, was located)
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  En ceste Ethiopie si ad mult de genz sicum Hesperiens e Garamanz e Trocodiens  21
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Hesperien