Modern Greek
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noun
the Greek language since c1500. Abbreviations: ModGk, Mod. Gk.
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Also called New Greek.
Origin of Modern Greek
First recorded in 1740–50
Words nearby Modern Greek
modern dance, moderne, Modern English, Modern French, modern greats, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Modern Icelandic, modernism, modernist, modernistic
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Modern Greek
noun
the Greek language since about 1453 ad (the fall of Byzantium)Compare Demotic, Katharevusa
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