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Achaian

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A·chae·an  (-kn) also A·cha·ian (-kn, -k-)
n.
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.
A·chaean adj.
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Noun1.AchaianAchaian - a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Achaean
Hellene, Greek - a native or inhabitant of Greece


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