Pe·las·gi·an (p -l z j -n)n. A member of a people living in the region of the Aegean Sea before the coming of the Greeks. [Middle English, from Latin Pelasgus, from Greek Pelasgos.] Pe·las gi·an, Pe·lasgic (-j k) adj. |
Pelasgian [pɛˈlæzdʒɪən]
n
(Historical Terms) a member of any of the pre-Hellenic peoples (the Pelasgi) who inhabited Greece and the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea before the arrival of the Bronze Age Greeks
adj also Pelasgic
(Historical Terms) of or relating to these peoples
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