DORIAN


Meaning of DORIAN in English

[ 'dɔ:rɪən ]

■ noun a member of a people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek, thought to have entered Greece from the north c. 1100 BC.

■ adjective relating to the ~s or to Doris in central Greece.

Origin

via L. from Gk Dōrios 'of Doris' + -ian .

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