Pelasgian

[ puh-laz-jee-uhn, -juhn, -gee-uhn ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Pelasgians.

noun
  1. a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting Greece, Asia Minor, and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean.

Origin of Pelasgian

1
1480–90; ≪ Greek Pelásgi(os) Pelasgian (Pelasg() Pelasgi + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

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British Dictionary definitions for Pelasgian

Pelasgian

/ (pɛˈlæzdʒɪən) /


noun
  1. a member of any of the pre-Hellenic peoples (the Pelasgi) who inhabited Greece and the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea before the arrival of the Bronze Age Greeks

adjectiveAlso: Pelasgic
  1. of or relating to these peoples

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