Phrygian refers to an ancient Anatolian people or their language and culture, and, in music theory, a mode derived from the major scale. As a descriptor, it denotes things related to Phrygia or its historical context. In academic use, it often appears in discussions of early civilizations, archaeology, and modal music theory. The term is pronounced with attention to the initial Fr- sound and a non-rhotic, unstressed final syllable.
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