Tsakonian

noun

Tsa·​ko·​ni·​an

tsəˈkōnēən

plural -s

: a modern dialect of Greek spoken in a restricted area in the Peloponnesus and preserving some features of ancient non-Koine dialect

Word History

Etymology

Tsakon, region in the eastern Peloponnesus, Greece + English -an

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