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koine   (TTS Sound)

The noun koine has 2 senses

• Koine -- (a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire)


• lingua franca, interlanguage, koine -- (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")