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Pelasgian

American  
[puh-laz-jee-uhn, -juhn, -gee-uhn] / pəˈlæz dʒi ən, -dʒən, -gi ən /

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.

Pelasgian British  
/ 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

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adjective

  1. of or relating to these peoples

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Etymology

Origin of Pelasgian

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

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