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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Achaea or the Achaeans.
2.
(in the Iliad) Greek.
noun
3.
an inhabitant of Achaea.
4.
a Greek, especially a member of the Achaean League.
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Achaean
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Origin:
1560–70; < Latin Achae(us) (< Greek Achaiós, perhaps reflected in Hittite Ahhiyawa, a country alluded to in records of the late 2nd millennium b.c.) + -an
1560–70; < Latin Achae(us) (< Greek Achaiós, perhaps reflected in Hittite Ahhiyawa, a country alluded to in records of the late 2nd millennium b.c.) + -an
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