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Yevanic

Yevanic proper noun: the nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece.

Proper noun

Yevanic

  1. The nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece.

Origin of Yevanic

From Hebrew יָוָן (yaván, “Greece”) + -ic.

Questions about Yevanic

What does Yevanic mean?
Yevanic means the nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece.
What part of speech is Yevanic?
Yevanic is a proper noun.

Words near Yevanic in the dictionary

  1. Yeungroon East
  2. Yeungs
  3. Yeuns
  4. yeurgh
  5. Yevak
  6. Yevanic
  7. Yevgeny
  8. Yevhen
  9. Yevlakh
  10. Yevpatoria
  11. yew

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