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Definition of Achaean

1. Noun. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people.

3. Noun. The ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea.

Definition of Achaean

1. Noun. An inhabitant or a resident of Achaea. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Achaea. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Achaean

Acer negundo Acer negundo Californicum Acer palmatum Acer pennsylvanicum Acer platanoides Acer pseudoplatanus Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum Acer spicatum

Aceraceae Aces Acetobacter Achab Achaea Achaean (current term) Achaeans Achaemenes Achaemenian Achaemenians

Achaemenid Achaemenid Empire Achaemenidae Achaemenides Achaemenids Achagua Achaian Achaians Achaius Achall

Literary usage of Achaean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Greece, from the Coming of the Hellenes to A. D. 14 by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1906)
"... League—The Achaean League—The Kings of Macedonia and the Achaean League—War between ... BC 187—The Achaean League and Rome—General unrest in Greece—The ..."

2. Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr (1852)
"125, at first four Achaean towns formed a confederacy and maintained ... The number of Achaean towns was then ten, for two had perished by earthquakes. ..."

3. The history of Rome by Theodor Mommsen, William Purdie Dickson, Joseph Anton F. Wilhelm Ihne (1877)
"At that time the Romans had brought about an armistice between Nabis and the Achaean league, and had thus disengaged the Achaean contingents.1 The ..."

4. Ancient History to the Death of Charlemagne by Willis Mason West (1902)
"Their original constitution seems to have been much like the Achaean (which, however, we know more in detail); but as they extended their authority over ..."

5. New Chapters in Greek History: Historical Results of Recent Excavations in by Percy Gardner (1892)
"And the arguments which Dr. Dummler brings forward * as fatal to the Achaean theory are really of small weight, compared to those which accumulated on the ..."

6. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"The Achaean League. — The punishment of the Achaeans, who had taken no part in the war, was peculiarly severe. In pursuance of the policy hitherto adopted ..."

7. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The greater part of Argolis included in the Achaean League. ... Beginning of the Spartan war against the Achaean League. 226. ..."

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