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   Dorian

   /ˈdɔːrɪən/

   noun

   • 1. a member of a Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek, thought to have entered Greece from the north c. 1100 bc. They settled in the Peloponnese and later colonized Sicily and southern Italy.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the Dorians or to Doris in central Greece.

   Word Origin via Latin from Greek Dōrios ‘of Doris’ + -ian.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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