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English

Etymology
From Latin Locris.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'ləʊkɹɪən/

Adjective
Locrian

1. pertaining to the ancient Greek region of w:Locris|Locris
2. music designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail

#:*1973: scattered piano keys (all white, an octave on B to be exact—or H, in the German nomenclature—the notes of the rejected Locrian mode) — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

• 2007-07-01 11:45 - AutoFormat - -''(Music)'' +{{music}}

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