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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Koine Koine n 1: a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire 2: 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” [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage]