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Gre⋅cian

[gree-shuhn]
–adjective
1. Greek (esp. with reference to ancient Greece).
–noun
2. a Greek.
3. an expert in the Greek language or Greek literature.

Origin:
1540–50; < L Graeci(a) Greece + -an
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Gre·cian   (grē'shən)   
adj.  Greek.
n.  A native or inhabitant of Greece.

[From Latin Graecia, Greece, from Graecus, Greek; see Greek.]
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