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KOINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common language used by speakers of different languages
Example:
Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times
Synonyms:
interlanguage; koine; lingua franca
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("koine" is a kind of...):
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Koine" is a kind of...):
Greek; Hellenic; Hellenic language (the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages)
