Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn Homeric usage, a Greek person, especially of the Mycenaean era.
adjectiveIn Homeric usage, of or relating to Greece, especially of the Mycenaean era.
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nouna member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken on the Greek mainland, Crete and Cyprus in the 16th to 12th centuries BC
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Origin
- Ancient GreekἈχαιός
- Latinachaeus
- EnglishAchaean
Borrowed from Latin achaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιός (Akhaiós), + -an.
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Ancient Greek Ἀχαϊκός
- Ἀχαϊκός (Akhaïkós)of or relating to Achaea
Catalan aqueu, aquea
- aqueuan inhabitant of Achaea
- aqueaan inhabitant of Achaea
- aqueuof or relating to Achaea
Danish akhaier
- akhaieran inhabitant of Achaea
French achéen
- achéenof or relating to Achaea
German Achäer
- Achäeran inhabitant of Achaea
Hungarian akháj, akháj
- akhájan inhabitant of Achaea
- akhájof or relating to Achaea
Italian acheo, acheo
- acheoan inhabitant of Achaea
- acheoof or relating to Achaea
- achivoof or relating to Achaea
Japanese アカイア人, アカイアの
- アカイア人 (akaia-jin)an inhabitant of Achaea
- アカイアの (akaia-no)of or relating to Achaea
Lithuanian achãjas, achãjė
- achãjasan inhabitant of Achaea
- achãjėan inhabitant of Achaea
Norwegian Bokmål akhaier
- akhaieran inhabitant of Achaea
Portuguese aqueu, aqueia
- aqueuan inhabitant of Achaea
- aqueiaan inhabitant of Achaea
- acaioan inhabitant of Achaea
- aquivoan inhabitant of Achaea
- aqueuof or relating to Achaea
- acaicoof or relating to Achaea
- acaioof or relating to Achaea
- aquivoof or relating to Achaea
Romanian aheean
- aheeanan inhabitant of Achaea
Spanish aqueo, aquivo
- aqueoan inhabitant of Achaea
- aquivoan inhabitant of Achaea
- aqueoof or relating to Achaea
- aquivoof or relating to Achaea
Swedish akajer
- akajeran inhabitant of Achaea
Cite this entry
Achaean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Achaean
“Achaean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Achaean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Achaean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Achaean.
Source: Achaean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.