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Dravidian : (noun)
1: a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed
south by Caucasians and now mixed with them) [syn: Dravidian]
2: a large family of languages spoken in south and central
India and Sri Lanka [syn: Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian
language]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dravidian : \Dra*vid"i*an\, a. [Based on Skr. Dr[=a]vi[dsdot]a, the
name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.]
(Ethnol.)
Of or pertaining to the Dravida.
Dravidian languages, a group of languages of Southern
India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives,
before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these
languages, the Tamil is the most important.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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