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Icarian

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Icarian1
adj
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) of or relating to Icarus
Icarian2
adj
(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to Icaria or its inhabitants
n
(Social Science / Peoples) an inhabitant of Icaria
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Let our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea, where "still the shore" a "brave attempt resounds.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
They surged to and fro like the waves of the Icarian Sea, when the east and south winds break from heaven's clouds to lash them; or as when the west wind sweeps over a field of corn and the ears bow beneath the blast, even so were they swayed as they flew with loud cries towards the ships, and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward.
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