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1. A common language used by speakers of different languages
   "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times";
   - lingua franca, interlanguage

1. A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire

Derived forms: koines

Type of: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language, language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Koine