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Noun: lingua franca  `ling-gwu'frang-ku
  1. 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"
    - interlanguage, koine

Derived forms: lingua francas

Type of: language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Lingua franca

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