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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]
