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MODERN GREEK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The Greek language as spoken and written today

Synonyms:

Modern Greek; New Greek

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Modern Greek" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellenic; Hellenic language (the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Modern Greek"):

Demotic; Romaic (the modern Greek vernacular)

Katharevusa (literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine)

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