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noun 
  1. An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Hellas, "Greece".
  2. Another word for Hellene.
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (Polytonic, á) (Hellen) "Greek", "luminary, bright", from prefix (Polytonic, á) (hel) "sun, bright, shiny". (See helios "sun", electron "amber", etc.). In Greek mythology (Polytonic, á), whom the (Polytonic, á) (Hellenes) "Greeks" were named after,was the son of (Polytonic, ) (Deucalion) and (Polytonic, áá) (Pyrrha).

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