Greece

See also: greece

English

Greece

Etymology

From Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós); a character in Greek mythology, the son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia. Replaced Old English Grēcland, Crēcland, also from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• enPR: grēs, IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːs/

• Audio (US):

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

Proper noun

Greece

2. Country in southeastern Europe having borders with Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Official name: Hellenic Republic.

Synonyms

• Greekland (rare, now nonstandard)
• Hellas
• Hellenic Republic

Translations

country in Southeastern Europe

• Abkhaz: Барзентәыла (Barzentʷʼəla)
• Adyghe: Урымые (Wurəməje)
• Afrikaans: Griekeland
• Albanian: Greqia (sq) f, Greqi f
• Amharic: ግሪክ (gərik)
• Arabic: الْيُونَان f (al-yūnān), الْإِغْرِيقِيَا m (al-ʔiḡrīqiyā)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܢ (w-n)

  Hebrew: יון (yawān)

  Syriac: ܝܘܢ (yawān)

• Armenian: Հունաստան (hy) (Hunastan)

  Old Armenian: Յունաստան (Yunastan)

• Aromanian: Gãrtsia
• Asturian: Grecia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan (az)

  Cyrillic: Јунаныстан

• Bashkir: Греция (Gretsiya)
• Basque: Grezia (eu)
• Belarusian: Грэ́цыя f (Hrécyja)
• Bengali: গ্রিস (griś), গ্রীস (griś)
• Breton: Gres (br), Hellaz f
• Bulgarian: Гъ̀рция (bg) f (Gǎ̀rcija)
• Burmese: ဂရိ (ga.ri.)
• Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
• Chechen: Гӏайрхойн (Ğajrxojn)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ (goihi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 希臘／希腊, 希腊 (hei¹ laap⁶)

  Hakka: 希臘／希腊, 希腊 (Hî-lia̍p)

  Mandarin: 希臘／希腊 (zh) (Xīlà), 希腊 (zh) (Xīlà)

  Min Nan: 希臘／希腊, 希腊 (Hi-lia̍p)

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

  Bavarian: Griachaland

• Greek: Ελλάδα (el) f (Elláda)

  Ancient: Ἑλλάς f (Hellás)

• Gujarati: ગ્રીસ (grīs)
• Hausa: Yunan, Girka
• Hawaiian: Helene
• Hebrew: יוון \ יָוָן (he) f (yaván)
• Hindi: ग्रीस (hi) (grīs), यूनान (hi) (yūnān)
• Hungarian: Görögország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Griecheland n
• Icelandic: Grikkland (is) n
• Ido: Grekia (io)
• Indonesian: Yunani (id)
• 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
• Kashubian: Greckô
• Kazakh: Грекия (Grekiä), Юнанстан (Ünanstan)
• Khmer: ក្រិក (km) (krəc)
• Kikuyu: Greece
• Komi-Permyak: Эллада (Ellada)
• Komi-Zyrian: Эллада (Ellada)
• Korean: 그리스 (Geuriseu)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Yewnanistan (ku)

  Sorani: یۆنان (yonan)

• Kyrgyz: Греция (ky) (Gretsiya)
• Lao: ເກຣັກ (lo) (kē rak)
• Latgalian: Grekeja f
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• Latin: Graecia (la) f
• Latvian: Grieķija f
• Lithuanian: Graikija (lt) f
• Livonian: Grīekmō
• Luhya: Greece
• Luo: Greece
• Macedonian: Грција (mk) f (Grcija)
• Malay: Greece, Yunani (ms)
• Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ് (ml) (grīsŭ)
• Maltese: il-Greċja f
• 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
• Northern Sami: Greika
• Norwegian Bokmål: Hellas (no), Grekenland n (archaic)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Hellas (nn), Grekenland n (archaic)
• Novial:
• Occitan: Grècia (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: Грькы pl (Grĭky)
• Old French: Grece f
• Ossetian: Грекъ (Grek’)
• Pashto: يونان (ps) (yunân)
• Persian: یونان (fa) (yunân)
• Phoenician: 𐤅𐤉𐤍 (Ywn)
• Polish: Grecja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Grécia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਯੂਨਾਨ (yūnān)
• Quechua: Grisya
• Romani:

  Vlax Romani: Yelenistan

• Romanian: Grecia (ro) f
• Romansch: Grezia
• Russian: Гре́ция (ru) f (Grécija), Элла́да (ru) f (Elláda) (poetic)
• Rusyn: Ґре́ція f (Grécija)
• Samoan: Eleni
• Samogitian: Graikėjė f
• Sanskrit: यवनदेश (sa) (yavanadeśa)
• 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 (sk) n
• Slovene: Gŕčija (sl) f
• Somali: Giriig
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Grichiska f

  Upper Sorbian: Grjekska f

• Spanish: Grecia (es) f
• Swahili: Ugiriki (sw)
• Swedish: Grekland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Gresya (tl)
• Tahitian: Herēni
• Tajik: Юнон (tg) (Yunon)
• Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு (kirēkka nāṭu), கிரீஸ் (kirīs)
• Tatar: Греция (Gretsiyä)
• Telugu: గ్రీసు (grīsu)
• Thai: กรีซ (th) (grìis), กรีก (th) (grìik)
• Tibetan: ཀེ་རི་སི (ke ri si)
• Turkish: Yunanistan (tr)
• Turkmen: Gresiýa
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: Гре́ція (uk) f (Hrécija)
• Urdu: یونان (yūnān)
• Uyghur: گرېتسىيە (grëtsiye)
• Uzbek: Yunoniston (uz)
• Vietnamese: Hy Lạp (希臘)
• Volapük: Grikän (vo), Glik (obsolete), Glikän (obsolete)
• Võro: Kriika
• Walloon: Grece
• Welsh: Groeg (cy) f
• West Frisian: Grikelân (fy)
• Yakut: Греция (Gretsiya)
• Yiddish: גריכנלאַנד n (grikhnland)
• Yoruba: Geriisi
• Zazaki: Yunanıstan (Southern Zazaki)
• Zhuang: Sihla

See also

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