Elean

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adjective

Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

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Meanings

adjectiveElean (comparative more Elean, superlative most Elean)

comparative more Elean · superlative most Elean

  1. Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

    This distribution has puzzled grammarians, but the Iliadic examples are all from Nestor's account of the Elean war. The aberrant spelling must date from after the alleged metagrammatism.

    1980, Leonard Robert Palmer, The Greek language, page 96
nounElean (plural Eleans)

plural Eleans

  1. A native or inhabitant of Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ElenaNealeaneleAneel
Cite this entry
APA

Elean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elean

MLA

“Elean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elean. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Elean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elean.

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