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English Dictionary: Koine by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Koine
n
  1. a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
  2. a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
    Synonym(s): lingua franca, interlanguage, koine
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