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Do•ri•an
(dôr′ē ən, dōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
Do•ri•an (dôr′ē ən, dōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Language Varieties, Ancient Historyof or pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.
n.
- Ancient History, Language Varietiesa 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).
- Greek Dó̄rios Dorian) + -an
- Latin Dōri(us) (
- 1595–1605
Do•ri•an (dôr′ē ən, dōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Language Varietiesa male or female given name.
'Dorian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Achaean
- Aeolian
- Dorian mode
- Doric
- Doris
- Heraclid
- Ionian
- Picture of Dorian Gray, The
- dor
- ephor
- hyper-Dorian
- hypodorian mode
- pre-Dorian