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Locrian

/ˈləʊkɹiən/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone.
  2. Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris.
  3. Designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail.

Etymology / origin

From Latin Locris + -an.

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