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Etymology [edit]
From Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikos); a character in Greek mythology, the son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia, from whom Ἑλλάς (Hellas, “Greece”) and Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes, “the Greeks”) got their names.
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Proper noun [edit]
Greece
- 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 (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία).
Translations [edit]
Country in Southeastern Europe
- Abkhaz: Барзентәыла (ab) (Barzent°yla)
- Afrikaans: Griekeland (af)
- Albanian: Greqia (sq) f, Greqi (sq) f
- Arabic: اليونان (ar) (al-yunaan) m
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܝܘܢ (Yawān)
- Hebrew: יון (Yawān)
- Armenian: Հունաստան (hy) (Hunastan)
- Old Armenian: Յունաստան (Yunastan)
- Asturian: Grecia (ast) f
- Azeri:
- Cyrillic: Јунаныстан (az)
- Roman: Yunanıstan (az)
- Basque: Grezia (eu)
- Belarusian: Грэцыя (be) (Hrécyja) f
- Bengali: গ্রিস (bn) (gris), গ্রীস (bn) (gris)
- Breton: Gres (br)
- Bulgarian: Гърция (bg) (Gǎ̀rcija) f
- Burmese: ဂရိနိုင်ငံ (my) (gáẏí nuiṅ‘ṅaṃ), ဂရိ (my) (gáẏí)
- Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
- Chechen: Гlайрхойн
- Cherokee: ᎪᎢ (chr) (Goi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 希臘, 希腊 (hei1 laap6)
- Hakka: 希臘, 希腊 (Hî-lia̍p)
- Mandarin: 希臘 (cmn), 希腊 (cmn) (Xīlà)
- Min Nan: 希臘 (nan), 希腊 (nan) (Hi-lia̍p)
- Crimean Tatar: Yunanistan
- Czech: Řecko (cs) n
- Danish: Grækenland (da)
- Dhivehi: ޔޫނާން (dv)
- Dutch: Griekenland (nl)
- Dzongkha: གིརིསི (dz) (girisi)
- Esperanto: Grekio (eo), Greklando (eo)
- Estonian: Kreeka (et)
- Faroese: Grikkaland (fo) n, Grikkland (fo) n
- Finnish: Kreikka (fi)
- French: Grèce (fr) f
- Galician: Grecia (gl) f
- Georgian: საბერძნეთი (ka) (saberdznet'i)
- German: Griechenland (de) n
- Bavarian: Griachaland
- Greek: Ελλάδα (el) (Elláda) f (demotic), Ελλάς (el) (Ellás) f (katharevousa; official)
- Ancient: Ἑλλάς (Ellás) f
- Gujarati: ગ્રીસ (gu) (grīs)
- Hebrew: יוון (he) (yaván) f
- Hindi: ग्रीस (hi) (grīs), यूनान (hi) (yūnān)
- Hungarian: Görögország (hu)
- Icelandic: Grikkland (is) n
- Indonesian: Yunani (id)
- Interlingua: Grecia (ia)
- Irish: An Ghréig (ga) f
- Italian: Grecia (it) f
- Japanese: ギリシャ (ja) (Girisha), ギリシア (ja) (Girishia)
- Kalenjin: Greece
- Kamba: Greece
- Kannada: ಗ್ರೀಸ್ (kn) (grīs)
- Karakalpak: Gretsiya
- Kazakh: Грекия (kk) (Grekiya)
- Khmer: ប្រទេសក្រិក (km) (prɑteih krəc), ក្រិក (km) (krəc)
- Kikuyu: Greece
- Komi: Эллада (Ellada)
- Korean: 그리스 (ko) (Geuriseu)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: یونان (ku) (Yunan)
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See also [edit]
- Appendix:Place names in Greece
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