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Etymology
From L. Graecia < Ancient Greek ��αικ�� (Graekos), a character in Greek mythology, the son of w:Thessalos|Thessalos, the king of w:Fthia|Fthia, whom �λλά� (Hellas, "Greece") and �λληνε� (Hellenes, "the Greeks") were also named after.
Pronunciation
enPR|gr�s, IPA|/gri�s/, SAMPA|/gri:s/
rhymes|i�s
Homophones
grease (in some accents)
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- Country in southeastern Europe having borders with Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Member state of the European Union since 1981. Official name: Hellenic Republic (�λληνική �ημοκ�α�ία).
Translations
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Albanian: Greqi
Arabic: ARchar|ا����ا� (al-yūn�n)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ��ܢ (Yaw�n, Yawon)
:Hebrew: ��� (Yaw�n, Yawon)
Armenian: Õ�Õ¸Ö�Õ¶Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶ (Hounastan)
Azeri:
:Cyrillic: ��нан���ан
:Roman: Yunanıstan
Bosnian: Gr�ka f
Breton: Gres
Bulgarian: ����и� (G�rtsija) f
Catalan: Grècia
Chinese: �� / �� (xī-là )
Croatian: Gr�ka f
Czech: �ecko
Danish: Grækenland
Dutch: Griekenland
Esperanto: Grekio, Grekujo, Greklando
Estonian: Kreeka
Finnish: Kreikka
French: Grèce f
Georgian: á�¡á��á��á��á� á�«á��á��á��á�� (Saberdznetâ��i)
German: Griechenland n
Greek:
:Ancient: �λλά� (Ellás) f
:Modern: �λλάδα (Elláða) f (Demotic) f, �λλά� (Ellás) f (Katharevousa; official)
Hebrew: he-translation|����|yaván f
Hindi: ��र�स (grīs), य�नान (yūn�n)
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Hungarian: Görögország
Indonesian: Yunani
Interlingua: Grecia
Irish: an Ghréig f
Italian: Grecia f
Japanese: ���� (Girisha), ���� (Girishia)
Korean: 그리� (Geuriseu)
Latin: Graecia f
Latvian: GrieÄ·ija f
Livonian: Grīekm�
Maltese: il-Gre�ja
Norwegian: Hellas
Novial: Grekia
Persian: FAchar|���ا� (Yunan)
Polish: Grecja f
Portuguese: Grécia f
Romanian: Grecia f
Russian: ��е�и� (Grétsija) f
Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghrèig f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ���ка f
:Roman: Gr�ka#Serbian|Gr�ka f
Sicilian: Grecia#Sicilian|Grecia f
Slovak: Grécko n
Slovene: Gr�ija f
Spanish: Grecia f
Swedish: Grekland
Turkish: Yunanistan
Võro: Kriika
Welsh: Groeg f
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Related terms
Grecian
Greek
Hellas
Hellene
Hellenic
Hellenistic
See also
Countries of the world
Category:Countries
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