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Indo-European

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.

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Albanian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.

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Armenian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Armenia.

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Celtic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.

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Germanic 76% connected

Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

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Greek 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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Hellenic 76% connected

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

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Italic 76% connected

Relating to Italy or to its people.

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Phrygian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.

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Pie 76% connected

An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.

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Thracian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.

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Primitive 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.

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Tongue 76% connected

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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Aryan 74% connected

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Pa…

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Aryan 74% connected

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Pa…

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Aryan 92% connected

One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Pa…

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Indo-Germanic 92% connected

Same as Aryan, and Indo-European.

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