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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Katharevousa' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions Katharevousa noun  A learned, archaising form of modern Greek, the artificial Greek language based on Classical Greek, used for formal and official purposes, primarily written but not used for conversation. Legally displaced in 1976 by Demotic Greek. Etymology: From (katharévousa) < femininine of (katharévon), present participle of Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (kathareuÅ) "I am clean, pure"        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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