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DORIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Dorian" is a kind of...):
citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dorian" is a kind of...):
Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Doris (a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken)