PRE-HELLENIC


Meaning of PRE-HELLENIC in English

|prē+ adjective

Usage: usually capitalized H

Etymology: pre- + hellenic

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the phases and periods of civilization in Greek lands before the rise of the Hellenic or classical Greek culture — compare aegean , cycladic , helladic , minoan , mycenaean

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