Tsakonian
noun
Tsa·ko·ni·an
\tsəˈkōnēən\
Definition of Tsakonian
-s
: a modern dialect of Greek spoken in a restricted area in the Peloponnesus and preserving some features of ancient non-Koine dialect
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Origin and Etymology of tsakonian
Tsakon, region in the eastern Peloponnesus, Greece + English -an
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