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Nov 28, 2009
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A•chae•an



Pronunciation: (u-kē'un), [key]
—adj.
1. of or pertaining to Achaea or the Achaeans.
2. (in the Iliad) Greek.

—n.
1. an inhabitant of Achaea.
2. a Greek, esp. a member of the Achaean League.
3. a member of one of the four main divisions of prehistoric Greeks, believed to have occupied the Peloponnesus and to have produced the Mycenaean culture. Cf. Aeolian (def. 2), Dorian (def. 2), Ionian (def. 3).

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AchaeaAchaean League
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