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Do•ri•an



Pronunciation: (dôr'ē-un, dōr'-), [key]
—adj.
of or pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.

—n.
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Cf. Achaean (def. 5), Aeolian (def. 2), Ionian (def. 4).

Do•ri•an



Pronunciation: (dôr'ē-un, dōr'-), [key]
—n.
a male or female given name.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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