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Greco-Bactrian

Greco-Bactrian adjective: of or relating to the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (c. 250–125 BCE), its people or culture.

Adjective

Greco-Bactrian

  1. Of or relating to the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (c. 250–125 BCE), its people or culture.

Noun

Greco-Bactrian (plural Greco-Bactrians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.

Forms of Greco-Bactrian

Adjective
alternative formGraeco-Bactrian
Noun
pluralGreco-Bactrians

Origin of Greco-Bactrian

From Greco- + Bactrian.

Questions about Greco-Bactrian

What does Greco-Bactrian mean?
Greco-Bactrian means of or relating to the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (c. 250–125 BCE), its people or culture.
What part of speech is Greco-Bactrian?
Greco-Bactrian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Greco-Bactrian in the dictionary

  1. grecize
  2. grecized
  3. grecizes
  4. grecizing
  5. Greco-
  6. Greco-Bactrian
  7. Greco-Bactrians
  8. Greco-Buddhism
  9. Greco-Egyptian
  10. Greco-Latin
  11. Greco-Latin square

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