Koine

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Koine
       n 1: a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
       2: a common language used by speakers of different languages;
          "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua
          franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely
          spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman


          times" [syn: {lingua franca}, {interlanguage}]