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Phanariotes

Phanariotes is the plural of Phanariote.

Meaning of Phanariote

Noun

Phanariote (plural Phanariotes)

  1. (historical) An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
    • For a little over a hundred years, from 1711 until the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821, with only brief interruptions during times of war, Moldavia and Wallachia would be ruled by a succession of Phanariot princes.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 17

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Questions about Phanariotes

What is Phanariotes the plural of?
Phanariotes is the plural of Phanariote.

Words near Phanariotes in the dictionary

  1. phanaeng
  2. Phanaerozoic
  3. Phanar
  4. Phanariot
  5. Phanariote
  6. Phanariotes
  7. Phanariots
  8. phanaticism
  9. phanatron
  10. phanatrons
  11. phancie

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