Ancient Greece

ancient Greece English Alternative forms en ancient Greece Pronunciation en /ˈeɪn.t͡ʃʰənt ˈɡɹis/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ancient Greece.wav Southern England Proper noun Ancient Greece The Greek-speaking world in ancient times, geographically including not only modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine. The civilization that flourished around the Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BCE (including the first two European civilizations, Minoan and Mycenaean), known as the cradle of Western civilization. Related terms en Ancient Greek en ancient Greek Translations ancient civilization of the Mediterranean Afrikaans: af Antieke Griekeland Albanian: sq Greqia e lashtë f Arabic: ar الْيُونَان الْقَدِيمَة f definite Armenian: hy Հին Հունաստան Azerbaijani: az Qədim Yunanıstan Belarusian: be Старажы́тная Грэ́цыя f, be Эла́да f poetic Bengali: bn কদীম ইউনান Bulgarian: bg Дре́вна Гъ́рция f, bg Ела́да f poetic Burmese: my ရှေးခေတ်ဂရိ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Старовіке Ґре́цько n Catalan: ca Antiga Grècia f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 古希臘 Gǔ Xīlà Czech: cs Starověké Řecko n Danish: da Oldtidens Grækenland n Dutch: nl Griekse oudheid, nl Oude Griekenland n Estonian: et Vana-Kreeka Finnish: fi antiikin Kreikka French: fr Grèce antique f Galician: gl antiga Grecia f Georgian: ka ძველი საბერძნეთი German: de antikes Griechenland n Greek: el αρχαία Ελλάδα f Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλλᾰ́ς f doesn't properly mean Ancient Greece Hebrew: he יוון העתיקה f yaván ha-atiká definite Hindi: hi प्राचीन यूनान m, hi यूनान m Hungarian: hu Ókori Görögország Icelandic: is Grikkland hið forna Indonesian: id Yunani Kuno Irish: ga An tSean-Ghréig f Italian: it Antica Grecia f Japanese: ja 古代ギリシャ こだいギリシャ, Kodai Girisha Kazakh: kk Ежелгі Грекия Khmer: km ក្រិកបុរាណ Korean: ko ^고대 그리스 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Yewnanistana kevnare Kyrgyz: ky Байыркы Греция Lao: lo ເກຣັກບູຮານ kek bū hān Latin: la Graecia antiqua f, la Graecia f Latvian: lv senā Grieķija f Lithuanian: lt senovės Graikija f Macedonian: mk Стара Грција f Malay: ms Yunani Purba Maltese: mt Il-Greċja tal-Antika f definite Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Эртний Грек Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Antikkens Hellas n Pashto: ps لرغونی يونان m lërǧuni yunān Persian: Dari: prs یُونَانِ بَاسْتَان, prs یُونَانِ قَدِیم Iranian Persian: fa-ira یونانِ باسْتان yunân-e bâstân, fa-ira یونانِ قَدیم yunân-e ġadim Polish: pl Starożytna Grecja f Portuguese: pt Grécia Antiga f Romanian: ro Grecia Antică f Russian: ru Дре́вняя Гре́ция f, ru Элла́да f poetic Sanskrit: sa पौराणयवनसंस्कृति Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Античка Грчка f, sh Стара Грчка f Latin: sh Antička Grčka f, sh Stara Grčka f Sinhalese: si පුරාණ ග්‍රීසිය Slovak: sk Staroveké Grécko n Slovene: sl Antična Grčija f Spanish: es Grecia antigua f Swedish: sv antikens Grekland n Tagalog: tl Sinaunang Gresya Tajik: tg Юнони Қадим, tg Юнони Бостон Tatar: tt Борынгы Греция Thai: th กรีซโบราณ Turkish: tr Antik Yunanistan, tr Eski Yunanistan Turkmen: tk Gadymy Gresiýa Ukrainian: uk Старода́вня Гре́ція f, uk Елла́да f poetic Urdu: ur قَدِیم یُونان m Uyghur: ug قەدىمكى گرېتسىيە Uzbek: uz Qadimgi Yunoniston Vietnamese: vi Hi Lạp cổ đại Yiddish: yi אוראַלט גריכנלאַנד n en retronyms en Ancient Greece