Achaian

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A·chae·an (

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n) also A·cha·ian (

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n, -k

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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Noun

Achaian - 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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