English Explanatory Dictionary

oikumene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The civilized world or inhabited world; the location and time in the known world where human civilization exists.

Word forms

oikumene oikumenes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē).

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