DORIAN


Meaning of DORIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdɔ:rɪən ]

n. & adj. --n. (in pl.) a Greek-speaking people thought to have entered Greece from the north c.1100 BC and settled in parts of Central and S. Greece. --adj. of or relating to the Dorians or to Doris in Central Greece. øDorian mode Mus. the mode represented by the natural diatonic scale D-D. [L Dorius f. Gk Dorios f. Doros, the mythical ancestor]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.