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Serice (c.1230)
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Serice (c.1230)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  Seric a.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sericus 3045a

s.

toponym demonym textile Serica, country in Eastern Asia (probably China) associated with the production of silk (also referring to its inhabitants or the silk cloth): 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Seres (=capital of Serica) apelent un chastel En orient mult fort e bel, Dunt Serice ad nun quanque i apent, E regne e vesture e la gent  Pet Phil 905

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See also:

Seres1 
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