Елада

Bulgarian

Etymology

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Ancient Greek Ελλάδα (Elláda)der.

Old Church Slavonic Елада (Elada)

Bulgarian Елада

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic Елада (Elada), from Ancient Greek Ελλάδα (Elláda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈɫadɐ]
• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Syllabification^(key): Е‧ла‧да
• Hyphenation^(key): Ела‧да

Proper noun

Ела́да • (Eláda) f

1. (historical) Hellas (Ancient Greece)

   дре́вна Ела́да

   drévna Eláda

   ancient Hellas

2. (poetic) Hellas, Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

   Synonym: (standard) Гъ́рция (Gǎ́rcija)

Declension

Declension of Ела́да

	singular
indefinite	Ела́да Eláda
definite	—
vocative form	Ела́до1 Eládo1

¹Poetic.

Related terms

• е́лин (élin)
• е́лински (élinski)

References

• “Елада”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “Елада”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Ελλάδα (Elláda) or Ancient Greek Ἑλλᾰ́δᾰ (Hellắdă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈɫada]

Proper noun

Ела́да • (Eláda) f

1. (poetic) Hellas, Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

See also

• Грција f (Grcija)