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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire;

2. 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"
[syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Koine
    n 1: a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
    2: a common language used by speakers of different languages;
       "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" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine]