Greece

See also: greece

English

Greece

Etymology

From Middle English Grece, 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 Crēca land, 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 southeastern Europe, having borders with Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Official name: Hellenic Republic

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• → Hindi: ग्रीस (grīs)
• → 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), إِغْرِيقِيَا‎ (ar) f (ʔiḡrīqiyā), الْإِغْرِيقِيَا‎ f (al-ʔiḡrīqiyā)

  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) (gris), গ্রীস (grīs), ইউনান (iunan)
• Breton: Gres (br), Hellaz f
• Bulgarian: Гъ́рция (bg) f (Gǎ́rcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
• Burmese: ဂရိ (ga.ri.)
• Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
• Chechen: Гӏайрхойн (Ğajrxojn)
• Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ (goihi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 希臘／希腊 (yue) (hei¹ laap⁶)

  Hakka: 希臘／希腊 (Hî-lia̍p)

  Mandarin: 希臘／希腊 (zh) (Xīlà)

  Min Dong: 希臘／希腊 (Hĭ-lăk)

  Min Nan: 希臘／希腊 (Hi-lia̍p)

  Wu: 希臘／希腊 (xi 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)
• 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

  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
• Hawaiian: Helene
• Hebrew: יוון \ יָוָן‎ (he) f (yaván)
• Hindi: ग्रीस (hi) m (grīs), यूनान (hi) m (yūnān)
• 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)
• 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 (ko) (Geuriseu), 희랍(希臘) (ko) (Huirap) (dated)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: یۆنان‎ (yonan)

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

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

  Cyrillic: Грек (mn) (Grek)

  Mongolian: ᠭᠷᠧᠻ (ɣrēkh)

• 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
• Old Church Slavonic:

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

• Old French: Grece f
• Old Norse: Grikkland n
• Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀସ୍ (or) (gris)
• Ossetian: Грекъ (Grek’)
• Pashto: يونان‎ (ps) m (yunān)
• Persian: یونان‎ (fa) (yunân)
• Phoenician: 𐤉𐤅𐤍‎ (ywn)
• Picard: Grèche f
• Polish: Grecja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Grécia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਯੂਨਾਨ (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)
• Rusyn: Ґре́ція f (Grécija)
• 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: 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 (Gretsiya), 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
• Tuvan: Грек (Grek)
• Ukrainian: Гре́ція (uk) f (Hrécija), Ґре́ція f (Grécija), Гре́ччина f (Hréččyna), Елла́да f (Elláda) (poetic)
• Urdu: یونان‎ (ur) m (yūnān), گریس‎ m (grīs)
• 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

See also

• (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, 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