Modern Greek

noun

1. the Greek language since c1500. : ModGk, Mod. Gk.

Modern Greek

noun

1. See Katharevusa, Demotic
   the Greek language since about 1453 ad (the fall of Byzantium) Compare Demotic Katharevusa

Word History and Origins

Origin of Modern Greek¹

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

Several of the Modern Greek stories are very like the skazka mentioned above.

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Modern Greek has also a large number of Turkish words which are rejected in the artificial literary language.

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After beginning with dramatic Modern Greek and Dalmatian drama.

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It has been translated into Welsh and Modern Greek, and used in several theological training-schools.

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Anastasius; or, the Memoirs of a Modern Greek: published in the year 1819.

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