Phyle
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For the Athens (Greece) suburb, see Fyli.
Phyle (Greek φυλή, clan, race, people, derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι - to descend, to originate) is an ancient Greek term for clan or tribe.
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Global phyles figure prominently in the plot of Neal Stephenson's 1995 novel, The Diamond Age, set approximately in the late 21st Century.
