lingua franca - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lingua franca' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lingua Franca

- The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.

1 . lingua franca

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a common language used by speakers of different languages

Example in sentence:

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

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