epichoric

adjective

ep·​i·​cho·​ric

¦epə¦kōrik,

-kȯr-,

-kär-

: peculiar to a limited area : local

—used of ancient Greek alphabets

every town, certainly every region, had its own epichoric script

—H. M. Hoenigswald

Word History

Etymology

Greek epichōrios of a certain country, in a certain country, local (from epi- + -chōrios, from chōra land, country, place) + English -ic

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