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Dravidian

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Noun

1. dravidian

a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them)

2. dravidian, dravidian language, dravidic

a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dravidian

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noun
1. 
a family of languages spoken in S and central India and Sri Lanka, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Gondi
2. 
a member of one of the aboriginal races of India, pushed south by the Indo-Europeans and now mixed with them
adjective
3. 
denoting, belonging to, or relating to this family of languages or these peoples

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Dravidian

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noun
1. 
a. 
any of a group of intermixed peoples chiefly in S India and N Sri Lanka
b. 
a member of any of these peoples
2. 
the family of about 25 non-Indo-European languages spoken by these peoples, including Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu
adjective
3. 
of the Dravidians or their languages or cultures
: also Draˈvidic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dravidian

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n.
1. A large family of languages spoken especially in southern India and northern Sri Lanka that includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.
2. A member of any of the peoples that speak one of the Dravidian languages, especially a member of one of the pre-Indo-European peoples of southern India.

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