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koine

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koine
also koiné noun Etymology: Greek koinē, from feminine of koinos common Date: 1909 1. capitalized the Greek language commonly spoken and written in eastern Mediterranean countries in the Hellenistic and Roman periods 2. a dialect or language of a region that has become the common or standard language of a larger area

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

  
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