Locrian

Locrian may refer to several different things:

in ancient history and geography

the Locrians, an ancient Greek ethnic group
of or relating to Locris, the territory of the above

in music

the Locrian mode

The Locrians (Λοκροί were an ancient Greek tribe in Greece. Locris ( Greek, Modern Lokrida, Ancient Lokris) was a region of Ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of two districts The Locrian mode is a Musical mode or Diatonic scale. It may be considered a Minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered a Semi-tone

Dictionary

-adjective

pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris
(music) designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail

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