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Greek (ɡriːk)
 
n
1.  Ancient Greek Late Greek Medieval Greek See Modern Greek the official language of Greece, constituting the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
2.  a native or inhabitant of Greece or a descendant of such a native
3.  a member of the Greek Orthodox Church
4.  informal anything incomprehensible (esp in the phrase it's (all) Greek to me)
5.  Greek meets Greek equals meet
 
adj
6.  denoting, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or the Greek language; Hellenic
7.  of, relating to, or designating the Greek Orthodox Church
 
[from Old English Grēcas (plural), or Latin Graecus, from Greek Graikos]
 
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