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Greek

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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Achaean 76% connected

Alt. of Achaian

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Achaian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

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Aeolian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.

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Arcadian 76% connected

Alt. of Arcadic

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Argive 76% connected

Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.

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Athenian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.

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Corinthian 76% connected

Of or relating to Corinth.

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Demotic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.

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Dorian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

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Eolian 76% connected

Aeolian.

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Ephesian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.

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Ionian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.

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Laconian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.

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Lesbian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

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Romaic 76% connected

Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

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Spartan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.

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Theban 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Thebes.

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Thessalian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.

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Thessalonian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.

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European 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

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Hellenic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.

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Indo-European 76% connected

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or natio…

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Grecian 74% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

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Grecian 74% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

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Grecian 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

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Hellene 92% connected

A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.

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Hellenic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.

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