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Elean

Elean adjective: of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

Adjective

Elean (comparative more Elean, superlative most Elean)

  1. Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.
    • This distribution has puzzled grammarians, but the Iliadic examples are all from Nestor's account of the Elean war. The aberrant spelling must date from after the alleged metagrammatism.1980, Leonard Robert Palmer, The Greek language, page 96

Noun

Elean (plural Eleans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

Forms of Elean

Adjective
comparativemore Elean
superlativemost Elean
Noun
pluralEleans

Questions about Elean

What does Elean mean?
Elean means of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.
What part of speech is Elean?
Elean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Elean in the dictionary

  1. elds
  2. eldship
  3. ELDT
  4. ele
  5. Elea
  6. Elean
  7. Eleanor
  8. Eleanora
  9. Eleans
  10. eLearning
  11. elears

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