Achaean

(ə kēən)

adjective

  1. of Achaea or its people or culture
  2. loosely Greek

noun

  1. a person born or living in Achaea
  2. loosely, a Greek

See Achaean in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Achaea.
  2. One of a Hellenic people believed to have inhabited the Peloponnesus and to have created the Mycenaean civilization.
  3. A Greek, especially of the Mycenaean era.

Related Forms:

  • A·chaeˈan adjective
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