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lingua franca
(encz) | lingua franca, |
Lingua Franca
(gcide) | Lingua Franca \Lin"gua Fran"ca\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]
fr[a^][ng]"k[.a]) n. [It., prop., language of the Franks.]
1. The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the
languages of the people of the region and of foreign
traders.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a
common or commercial tongue among peoples of different
speech.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
lingua franca
(wn) | lingua franca
n 1: a common language used by speakers of different languages;
"Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua
franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely
spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman
times" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine] |
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lingua franca
(encz) | lingua franca, |
lingua franca
(wn) | lingua franca
n 1: a common language used by speakers of different languages;
"Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua
franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely
spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman
times" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine] |
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