What defines "pythonian" or "pythonic"?

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I want to begin to learn Python, and I've seen that phrase come up here before, but I don't know exactly what it means. I've read some websites on Python scripting, but I don't recall ever seeing that (but I could have just glanced over it).

What exactly makes something "pythonian" or "pythonic"?

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