Greece

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French Grice, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός ‎(Graikós); a character in Greek mythology, the son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia, from whom Ἑλλάς ‎(Hellás, “Greece”) and Ἕλληνες ‎(Héllēnes, “the Greeks”) got their names.

Pronunciation

• enPR: grēs, IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs
• Homophone: grease (in some accents)

Proper noun

Greece

1. 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 ‎(Ellinikí Dimokratía)).

Synonyms

• Hellenic Republic

Translations

Country in Southeastern Europe

• Abkhaz: Барзентәыла ‎(Bārzenṭ°əlā)
• Afrikaans: Griekeland
• Albanian: Greqia (sq) f, Greqi f
• Arabic: اَلْيُونَان f ‎(al-yūnān)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܝܘܢ ‎(Yawān)

  Hebrew: יון ‎(Yawān)

• Armenian: Հունաստան (hy) ‎(Hunastan)

  Old Armenian: Յունաստան ‎(Yunastan)

• Aromanian: Gãrtsia
• Asturian: Grecia (ast) f
• Azeri:

  Cyrillic: Јунаныстан

  Roman: Yunanıstan (az)

• Bashkir: Греция ‎(Gretsiya)
• Basque: Grezia (eu)
• Belarusian: Грэ́цыя f ‎(Hrécyja)
• Bengali: গ্রিস ‎(gris), গ্রীস ‎(gris)
• Breton: Gres
• Bulgarian: Гъ́рция (bg) f ‎(Gǎ́rcija)
• Burmese: ဂရိနိုင်ငံ ‎(ga.ri.nuingngam), ဂရိ ‎(ga.ri.)
• Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
• Chechen: Гlайрхойн ‎(Glajrχojn)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎢ ‎(Goi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 希臘, 希腊 ‎(hei¹ laap⁶)

  Hakka: 希臘, 希腊 ‎(Hî-lia̍p)

  Mandarin: 希臘, 希腊 (zh) ‎(Xīlà)

  Min Nan: 希臘, 希腊 ‎(Hi-lia̍p)

• Crimean Tatar: Yunanistan
• Czech: Řecko (cs) n
• Danish: Grækenland (da)
• Dhivehi: ޔޫނާން ‎(yūnān)
• Dutch: Griekenland (nl)
• Dzongkha: གིརིསི ‎(girisi)
• Esperanto: Grekio, Greklando
• Estonian: Kreeka (et)
• Faroese: Grikkaland n, Grikkland n
• Finnish: Kreikka (fi)
• French: Grèce (fr) f
• Gagauz: Grețiya
• Galician: Grecia (gl) f
• Georgian: საბერძნეთი ‎(saberʒneti)
• German: Griechenland (de) n

  Bavarian: Griachaland

• Greek: Ελλάδα (el) f ‎(Elláda) (demotic), Ελλάς (el) f ‎(Ellás) (katharevousa; official)

  Ancient: Ἑλλάς f ‎(Hellás)

• Gujarati: ગ્રીસ ‎(grīs)
• Hawaiian: Helene
• Hebrew: יוון \ יָוָן (he) f ‎(yaván)
• Hindi: ग्रीस (hi) ‎(grīs), यूनान (hi) ‎(yūnān)
• Hungarian: Görögország (hu)
• Icelandic: Grikkland (is) n
• Indonesian: Yunani
• Interlingua: Grecia
• 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 ‎(Grekïya)
• Khmer: ប្រទេសក្រិក ‎(prɑteih krəc), ក្រិក (km) ‎(krəc)
• Kikuyu: Greece
• Komi-Zyrian: Эллада ‎(Ellada)
• Korean: 그리스 (ko) ‎(Geuriseu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: یونان ‎(Yunan)

• Kyrgyz: Греция ‎(Gretsiya)

• Lao: ເກຣັກ (lo) ‎(kē rak)
• Latgalian: Grekeja f
• Latin: Graecia (la) f
• Latvian: Grieķija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Graikija (lt) f
• Livonian: Grīekmō
• Luhya: Greece
• Luo: Greece
• Macedonian: Грција (mk) f ‎(Grcija)
• Malay: Greece, Yunani
• Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ് (ml) ‎(grīs)
• Maltese: il-Greċja
• Manx: Yn Ghreag f
• Maori: Kirihi
• Marathi: ग्रीस ‎(grīs)
• Meru: Greece
• Mongolian: Грек (mn) ‎(Grek)
• Navajo: Gwíík Dineʼé bikéyah
• Nepali: ग्रीस ‎(grīs)
• Norman: Grêce f
• Norwegian: Hellas (no), Grekenland
• Novial: Grekia
• Occitan: Grècia (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: Грьци pl ‎(Grĭci)
• Old French: Grece f
• Ossetian: Грекъ ‎(Grek’)
• Pashto: يونان ‎(Yunân)
• Persian: یونان (fa) ‎(Yunân)
• Polish: Grecja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Grécia (pt) f
• Quechua: Grisya
• Romanian: Grecia (ro) f
• Russian: Гре́ция (ru) f ‎(Grécija), (poetic) Элла́да f ‎(Elláda)
• Rusyn: Ґре́ція f ‎(Grécija)
• Samogitian: Graikėjė f
• Sanskrit: यवनदेशः ‎(yavanadeśaḥ)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghrèig f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Грчка f

  Roman: Grčka (sh) f

• Sicilian: Grecia f
• Silesian: Grecyjo f
• Sinhalese: ග්‍රීසිය ‎(g‍rīsiya)
• Slovak: Grécko n
• Slovene: Gŕčija f
• Somali: Giriig
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Grichiska f

  Upper Sorbian: Grjekska f

• Spanish: Grecia (es) f
• Swahili: Ugiriki (sw)
• Swedish: Grekland (sv)
• Tagalog: Gresya
• Tajik: Юнон (tg) ‎(Yunon)
• Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு ‎(kirēkka nāṭu), கிரீஸ் ‎(kirīs)
• Tatar: Греция ‎(Gretsiya)
• Telugu: గ్రీసు (te) ‎(grīsu)
• Thai: กรีซ (th) ‎(grèet), กรีก (th) ‎(grèek), ประเทศกรีซ ‎(bpràtêt grèet), ประเทศกรีก ‎(bpràtêt grèek)
• Turkish: Yunanistan (tr)
• Turkmen: Gresiýa
• Ukrainian: Гре́ція (uk) f ‎(Hrécija)
• Urdu: یونان ‎(yūnān)
• Uzbek: Yunoniston (uz)
• Vietnamese: Hy Lạp (希臘)
• Võro: Kriika
• Walloon: Grece
• Welsh: Groeg (cy) f
• West Frisian: Grikelân (fy)
• Yakut: Греция ‎(Gretsiya)
• Yiddish: גריכנלאַנד n ‎(grikhnland)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Yunanıstan

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Greece
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}