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pre-Roman

pre-Roman adjective: prior to the rise of the Roman Empire.

Adjective

pre-Roman (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the rise of the Roman Empire.

Origin of pre-Roman

From pre- + Roman.

Questions about pre-Roman

What does pre-Roman mean?
Pre-Roman means prior to the rise of the Roman Empire.
What part of speech is pre-Roman?
Pre-Roman is an adjective.

Words near pre-Roman in the dictionary

  1. pre-resurrectional
  2. pre-revolution
  3. pre-revolutionary
  4. pre-rhotic
  5. pre-roll
  6. pre-Roman
  7. pre-Romanesque
  8. pre-salt layer
  9. Pre-Samnite
  10. pre-saw
  11. pre-school

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