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NEW GREEK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Greek language as spoken and written today
Synonyms:
Modern Greek; New Greek
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("New 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 "New Greek"):
Demotic; Romaic (the modern Greek vernacular)
Katharevusa (literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine)
