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EPHESIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ephesian" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Ephesus (an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity)

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