English > Greek: 3 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. |
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| Synonyms | Hellenic, Hellenic language |
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| Region | Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula |
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| Narrower | Ancient Greek | The Greek language prior to the Roman Empire |
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| Koine | A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire |
| Late Greek | The Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries |
| Medieval Greek, Middle Greek, Byzantine Greek | The Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD |
| Modern Greek, New Greek | The Greek language as spoken and written today |
| Broader | Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite | The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia |
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| Spanish | griego, helénica, lengua helénica |
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| Catalan | grec, llengua hel·lènica |
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| Adjectives | Greek | of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language |
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English > Greek: 3 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A native or inhabitant of Greece. |
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| Synonym | Hellene |
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| Member of | Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula |
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| Narrower | Achaean, Achaian | A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks |
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| Aeolian, Eolian | A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks |
| Arcadian | An inhabitant of Arcadia |
| Argive | A native or inhabitant of the city of Argos |
| Athenian | A resident of Athens |
| Corinthian | A resident of Corinth |
| Dorian | A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks |
| Ephesian | A resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus |
| Ionian | A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks |
| Laconian | A resident of Laconia |
| Lesbian | A resident of Lesbos |
| Mycenaen | A native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae |
| Spartan | A resident of Sparta |
| Theban | A Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes |
| Thessalian | A native or inhabitant of Thessaly |
| Thessalonian | A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica |
| Broader | European | A native or inhabitant of Europe |
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| Spanish | griega, griego, helénico, heleno |
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| Catalan | grec, grega, heleno, hel·lè, hel·lènic |
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| Adjectives | Greek, Grecian | of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language |
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