Achaean

American  

[uh-kee-uhn] / əˈki ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Achaea or the Achaeans.

2. (in theIliad ) Greek.

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noun

1. an inhabitant of Achaea.

2. a Greek, especially a member of the Achaean League.

3. a member of one of the four main divisions of prehistoric Greeks, believed to have occupied the Peloponnesus and to have produced the Mycenaean culture.

Achaean British  

/ əˈkaɪən, əˈkiːən /

noun

1. a member of a principal Greek tribe in the Mycenaean era

2. a native or inhabitant of the later Greek province of Achaea

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adjective

1. of or relating to Achaea or the Achaeans

Etymology

Origin of Achaean

1560–70; < Latin Achae ( us ) (< Greek Achaiós, perhaps reflected in Hittite Ahhiyawa, a country alluded to in records of the late 2nd millennium b.c.) + -an

Example Sentences

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Achaean

Next, the Laestrygonians are clearly classical precursors of Norway’s Viking heirs, terrifying giants who, despite knocking out most of the Achaean team, are unable to secure victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

When the Achaean League in the Peloponnese in Greece challenged Roman control of Greece and Macedon, Rome declared war and sacked Corinth, the League’s largest city, in 146 BCE.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The city-states of the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues in Greece were the exception, fiercely maintaining their independence against the Antigonid rulers of Macedon.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

He wanted to find Troy, the fortified city to which Paris abducted Helen, and which the Achaean heroes Menelaus, Agamemnon, Ajax, Achilles and Odysseus be sieged for ten years.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Achaean Confederacy was won over to the side of Rome, and Flamininus succeeded in forcing Philip to evacuate his position in Epirus and to withdraw into Thessaly.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak