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deme (dēm)

noun

  1. any of the more than 100 districts into which ancient Attica was divided
  2. Biol. a particular interbreeding population within a species

Etymology: Gr dēmos, deme, people, district: see democracy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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