Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Tyrian purple
noun · first attested 17th century
Imperial purple is named for a Phoenician port.
A costly purple dye made from sea snails.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Tyre
- In English
Tyrian purple
Tyre, in present-day Lebanon, was the centre of the murex dye trade. The colour marked rank across the Mediterranean world.
Lebanon
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