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koine
Koine
noun
    koines
    1. Any dialect which has come to be used as the common language of a larger area. Compare lingua franca.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek koine dialektos common dialect, the name given to the written variety of Greek used throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East from the Hellenistic until the Byzantine periods.



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