Greece

See also: greece

English

Greece

Etymology

From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Replaced Old English Grēcland, also from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• enPR: grēs, IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːs/

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

Proper noun

Greece

2. A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• → Korean: 그리스 (Geuriseu)
• → Thai: กรีซ (grìis)
• → Iban: Gerika

Translations

country in Southeastern Europe

• Abkhaz: Барзентәыла (Barzentʷʼəla), Бырзентәыла (Bərzentʷʼəla)
• Adyghe: Урымые (Wurəməje)
• Afrikaans: Griekeland
• Akan: Hela
• Albanian: Greqi f (indefinite), Greqia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ግሪክ (gərik)
• Antillean Creole: Grès f

  Martinican Creole: Gwès f

• Arabic: الْيُونَان (ar) f (al-yūnān) (definite), إِغْرِيقِيَا (ar) f (ʔiḡrīqiyā), الْإِغْرِيقِيَا f (al-ʔiḡrīqiyā) (definite)

  Hijazi Arabic: اليونان f (al-yūnān, al-yōnān)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܢ f (yāwān)

  Classical Syriac: ܝܘܢ f (yawwān)

  Jewish Aramaic: יון f (yāwān)

• Armenian: Հունաստան (hy) (Hunastan)

  Old Armenian: Յունաստան (Yunastan)

• Aromanian: Gãrtsii f (indefinite), Gãrtsia f (definite)
• Assamese: গ্ৰীচ (gris)
• Asturian: Grecia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan (az)
• Bashkir: Греция (Gretsiya)
• Basque: Grezia (eu)
• Belarusian: Грэ́цыя f (Hrécyja), Эла́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
• Bengali: গ্রিস (bn) (griś), গ্রীস (griś), ইউনান (iunan)
• Breton: Gres (br), Hellaz f
• Bulgarian: Гъ́рция (bg) f (Gǎ́rcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
• Burmese: ဂရိ (ga.ri.)
• Buryat: Греци (Grjeci)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ґре́ція f (Grécija)
• Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
• Chechen: Гӏайрхойн (Ğajrxojn), Желтойчоь (Želtojčö)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ (goihi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 希臘／希腊 (yue) (hei¹ laap⁶)

  Eastern Min: 希臘／希腊 (Hĭ-lăk)

  Hakka: 希臘／希腊 (Hî-lia̍p)

  Hokkien: 希臘／希腊 (Hi-lia̍p)

  Mandarin: 希臘／希腊 (zh) (Xīlà)

  Wu: 希臘／希腊 (¹shi-laq)

• Chuvash: Греци (Gretsi)
• Coptic: ⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ f (ellas)
• Corsican: Grecia f
• 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)
• Farefare: Girigo
• Faroese: Grikkaland n, Grikkland n
• Finnish: Kreikka (fi)
• French: Grèce (fr) f
• Friulian: Grecie
• Gagauz: Grețiya
• Galician: Grecia (gl) f
• Ge'ez: ዮናን (yonan)
• Georgian: საბერძნეთი (ka) (saberʒneti)
• German: Griechenland (de) n

  Central Franconian: Griecheland (Ripuarian: Kölsch)

  Swabian: Griachaland

• Greek: Ελλάδα (el) f (Elláda), Ελλάς (el) f (Ellás) (Katharevousa, literary)

  Ancient: Ἑλλάς f (Hellás)

• Greenlandic: Grækerit Nunaat
• Gujarati: ગ્રીસ (grīs)
• Hausa: Yunan, Girka (ha)
• Hawaiian: Helene
• Hebrew: יוון \ יָוָן (he) f (yaván)
• Hindi: यूनान (hi) m (yūnān), ग्रीस (hi) m (grīs)
• Hungarian: Görögország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Griecheland n
• Icelandic: Grikkland (is) n
• Ido: Grekia (io)
• 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), 希臘 (ja) (ギリシャ, Girisha, ギリシア, Girishia) (obsolete)
• Kalenjin: Greece
• Kamba: Greece
• Kannada: ಗ್ರೀಸ್ (kn) (grīs)
• Karakalpak: Gretsiya
• Kashubian: Greckô f
• Kazakh: Грекия (kk) (Grekiä), Юнанстан (Ünanstan)
• Khmer: ក្រិក (km) (krəc)
• Kikuyu: Greece
• Komi-Permyak: Эллада (Ellada)
• Komi-Zyrian: Эллада (Ellada)
• Korean: 그리스 (ko) (Geuriseu), 엘라다 (Ellada), 희랍(希臘) (ko) (Huirap) (dated)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: یۆنان (ckb) (yonan)

  Northern Kurdish: Yewnanistan (ku), Grekistan (ku), Yûnanistan (ku), Yûnan (ku), Yonan (ku), Yonanistan (ku), Yunanistan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Греция (ky) (Gretsiya), Грекия (ky) (Grekiya)
• Ladino: Gresia, Grecha
• Lao: ເກຣັກ (lo) (kek), ເກັກ (kek)
• Latgalian: Grekeja f
• Latin: Graecia (la) f, Hellas f (poetic)
• Latvian: Grieķija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Graikija (lt) f
• Livonian: Grīekmō
• Luhya: Greece
• Luo: Greece
• Macedonian: Грција (mk) f (Grcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
• Malay: Yunani (ms)
• Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ് (ml) (grīsŭ)
• Maltese: il-Greċja f (definite)
• Manx: Yn Ghreag f
• Maori: Kirihi
• Marathi: ग्रीस (grīs)
• Meru: Greece
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Грек (mn) (Grek)

  Mongolian: ᠭᠷᠧᠻ (ɣrēk)

• Navajo: Dahojiyáanii Bikéyah
• Nepali: ग्रीस (grīs)
• Norman: Grêce f
• Northern Sami: Greika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hellas (no) n, Grekenland n (archaic), Grekerland n (nonstandard)

  Nynorsk: Hellas (nn) n, Grekland (nn) n, Grekarland n (archaic)

• Occitan: Grècia (oc) f
• Odia: ଗ୍ରୀସ୍ (or) (gris)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Грькꙑ pl (Grĭky), Грьци pl (Grĭci)

• Old English: Grēcland n
• Old French: Grece f
• Old Norse: Grikkland n
• Ossetian: Грекъ (Grek’)
• Pashto: يونان (ps) m (yunān)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: یُونَان (fa) (yūnān)

  Dari: یُونَان (fa) (yūnān)

  Iranian Persian: یونان (fa) (yunân)

• Phoenician: 𐤉𐤅𐤍 (ywn)
• Picard: Grèche f
• Polish: Grecja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Grécia (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਯੂਨਾਨ m (yūnān)

  Shahmukhi: یُونان m (yūnān)

• Quechua: Grisya
• Rarotongan: Erēni
• Romani:

  Vlax Romani: Yelenistan

• Romanian: Grecia (ro) f
• Romansch: Grezia
• Russian: Гре́ция (ru) f (Grécija), Элла́да (ru) f (Elláda) (poetic)
• Samoan: Eleni
• Samogitian: Graikėjė f
• Sanskrit: यवनदेश (sa) (yavanadeśa)
• Sardinian: Grèghia f, Grètzia f
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghrèig f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гр̏чка̄ f

  Roman: Gȑčkā (sh) f

• Sicilian: Grecia f
• Silesian: Grecyjŏ f
• Sinhalese: ග්‍රීසිය (si) (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), Гретсия (Gretsiya)
• Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு (kirēkka nāṭu), கிரீஸ் (kirīs)
• Tatar: Греция (Gretsiyä), Юнанстан (Yunanstan)
• Telugu: గ్రీసు (grīsu)
• Thai: กรีซ (th) (grìis), กรีก (th) (grìik)
• Tibetan: ཀེ་རི་སི (ke ri si)
• Tigrinya: ግሪክ (gərik)
• Turkish: Yunanistan (tr)
• Turkmen: Gresiýa, Ýunanystan
• Tuvan: Грек (Grek)
• Ukrainian: Гре́ція (uk) f (Hrécija), Ґре́ція f (Grécija), Гре́ччина f (Hréččyna), Елла́да f (Elláda) (poetic)
• Urdu: یُونان (ur) m (yūnān), گْرِیس m (grīs), گِرِیس m (girīs)
• Uyghur: گرېتسىيە (grëtsiye), يۇنانستان (yunanstan)
• Uzbek: Yunoniston (uz), Gretsiya
• Veps: Grekanma, Grecii
• Vietnamese: Hy Lạp (希臘)
• Volapük: Grikän (vo), Glik (obsolete), Glikän (obsolete)
• Võro: Kriika
• Walloon: Grece (wa)
• Welsh: Groeg (cy) f
• West Frisian: Grikelân (fy)
• Yakut: Греция (Gretsiya)
• Yiddish: גריכנלאַנד n (grikhnland)
• Yoruba: Geriisi
• Zazaki: Yunanıstan (diq) (Southern Zazaki)
• Zhuang: Sihla, Hihlaz

See also

• (countries of Europe) country 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