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Definition of Pelasgian in English: Pelasgianadjective pɪˈlazɡɪən Relating to or denoting an ancient people inhabiting the coasts and islands of the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean before the arrival of Greek-speaking peoples in the Bronze Age (12th century BC). Example sentencesExamples - The Pelasgian race has never yet left its home; the Hellenic has wandered often and far.
- Ancient historical traditions of the Greeks, Egyptians, Phoenicians and Assyrians, mentioned a vast empire of the Pelasgian race, which in its epoch of power and greatness had extended over a great part of Europe, Asia and Africa
noun pɪˈlazɡɪən A member of the Pelasgian people. Example sentencesExamples - The Pelasgians, the extended people of the ancient world, had ruled in ante-historical times not only over Hellada, but over the entire Hem peninsula.
- The Pelasgians may have been the Sea People who around 1200 B.C. invaded the Egyptian Empire.
- He was said to be the son of the Titans Cronos and Rhea: in that way the Hellenic invaders grafted their chief god onto the divine family of the indigenous Pelasgians.
Origin Late 15th century: via Latin from Greek Pelasgos + -ian. Definition of Pelasgian in US English: Pelasgianadjective Relating to an ancient people inhabiting the coasts and islands of the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean before the arrival of Greek-speaking peoples in the Bronze Age. Example sentencesExamples - The Pelasgian race has never yet left its home; the Hellenic has wandered often and far.
- Ancient historical traditions of the Greeks, Egyptians, Phoenicians and Assyrians, mentioned a vast empire of the Pelasgian race, which in its epoch of power and greatness had extended over a great part of Europe, Asia and Africa
noun A member of the Pelasgian people. Example sentencesExamples - The Pelasgians, the extended people of the ancient world, had ruled in ante-historical times not only over Hellada, but over the entire Hem peninsula.
- The Pelasgians may have been the Sea People who around 1200 B.C. invaded the Egyptian Empire.
- He was said to be the son of the Titans Cronos and Rhea: in that way the Hellenic invaders grafted their chief god onto the divine family of the indigenous Pelasgians.
Origin Late 15th century: via Latin from Greek Pelasgos + -ian. |