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Greece
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greece
English
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Etymology
From en enm Grece, from en fro Grece, from en la Graecia, from en grc Γραικός. Mostly displaced Greekland from ang Grēcland.
Pronunciation
grēs, en /ɡɹiːs/
en en-us-Greece.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Greece.wav UK
en iːs 1
en grease in some accents
Proper noun
en Q41en country r/Southeastern Europe Athens Hellenic Republic.
Synonyms
en Greekland rare, now nonstandard
en Hellas
en Hellenic Republic
Derived terms
en Grexit Western Greece
Descendants
iba Gerika 1
ko ^그리스 1
pon Krihs 1
te గ్రీసు గ్రీస్ 1
th กรีซ 1
tum Grisi 1
Translations
Q41 country in Southeastern Europe
Abkhaz: ab Барзентәыла, ab Бырзентәыла
Afrikaans: af Griekeland
Akan: ak Hela
Albanian: sq Greqi f indefinite, sq Greqia f definite
Amharic: am ግሪክ
Antillean Creole: gcf Grès f
Martinican Creole: gcf Gwès f
Arabic: ar الْيُونَان f definite, ar إِغْرِيقِيَا f or ar إِغْرِيقْيَا f
Hijazi Arabic: acw اليونان f al-yūnān
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܘܢ f yāwān
Classical Syriac: syc ܝܘܢ f yawwān
Jewish Aramaic: arc יון f yāwān
Armenian: hy Հունաստան
Old Armenian: xcl Յունաստան
Aromanian: rup Gãrtsii f indefinite, rup Gãrtsia f definite
Assamese: as গ্ৰীচ
Asturian: ast Grecia f
Azerbaijani: az Yunanıstan
Bashkir: ba Греция
Basque: eu Grezia
Belarusian: be Грэ́цыя f, be Эла́да f poetic
Bengali: bn গ্রিস, bn গ্রীস, bn ইউনান, bn যবনদেশ
Breton: br Gres, br Hellaz f
Bulgarian: bg Гъ́рция f, bg Ела́да f poetic
Burmese: my ဂရိ
Buryat: bua Греци
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ґре́ція f
Catalan: ca Grècia f, ca Hèl·lada f formally, poetic
Chechen: ce Гӏайрхойн, ce Желтойчоь
Cherokee: chr ᎪᎢᎯ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 希臘 hei1 laap6
Eastern Min: cdo 希臘
Hakka: hak 希臘 Hî-lia̍p
Hokkien: nan-hbl 希臘 Hi-lia̍p
Mandarin: cmn 希臘
Wu: wuu 希臘
Chuvash: cv Греци
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady Урымые
Coptic: cop ⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ f
Corsican: co Grecia f
Crimean Tatar: crh Yunanistan
Czech: cs Řecko n
Danish: da Grækenland
Dhivehi: dv ޔޫނާން
Dutch: nl Griekenland n
Dzongkha: dz གིརིསི
Esperanto: eo Grekio, eo Grekujo, eo Greklando, eo Helenujo, eo La Helena Respubliko
Estonian: et Kreeka
Farefare: gur Girigo
Faroese: fo Grikkaland n, fo Grikkland n
Finnish: fi Kreikka
French: fr Grèce f
Middle French: frm Græce f
Old French: fro Grece f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Grikelân
Friulian: fur Grecie
Gagauz: gag Grețiya
Galician: gl Grecia f
Ge'ez: gez ዮናን
Georgian: ka საბერძნეთი
German: de Griechenland n
Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Griecheland Ripuarian: Kölsch
Swabian: swg Griachaland
Greek: el Ελλάδα f, el Ελλάς f Katharevousa, literary
Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλλάς f
Greenlandic: kl Grækerit Nunaat
Gujarati: gu ગ્રીસ
Hausa: ha Yunan, ha Girka
Hawaiian: haw Helene
Hebrew: he יוון יָוָן f yaván
Hindi: hi यूनान m, hi ग्रीस m
Hungarian: hu Görögország
Hunsrik: hrx Griecheland n
Icelandic: is Grikkland n
Ido: io Grekia
Ilocano: ilo Gresia
Indonesian: id Yunani, id Greece nonstandard
Interlingua: ia Grecia
Irish: ga Gréig f An Ghréig
Italian: it Grecia f
Japanese: ja ギリシャ Girisha, ja ギリシア Girishia, ja 希臘 ギリシャ, Girisha, ギリシア, Girishia obsolete
Kalenjin: kln Greece
Kamba: kam Greece
Kannada: kn ಗ್ರೀಸ್
Karakalpak: kaa Gretsiya
Kashubian: csb Greckô f
Kazakh: kk Грекия, kk Юнанстан
Khmer: km ក្រិក
Kikuyu: ki Greece
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: koi Эллада
Komi-Zyrian: kpv Эллада
Korean: ko ^그리스, ko ^엘라다, ko ^희랍(希臘) dated
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb یۆنان
Northern Kurdish: kmr Yewnanistan, kmr Grekistan, kmr Yûnanistan, kmr Yûnan, kmr Yonan, kmr Yonanistan, kmr Yunanistan
Kyrgyz: ky Греция, ky Грекия
Ladino: lad Gresia, lad Grecha
Lao: lo ເກຣັກ kek, lo ເກັກ
Latgalian: ltg Grekeja f
Latin: la Graecia f, la Hellas f poetic
Latvian: lv Grieķija f
Lithuanian: lt Graikija f
Livonian: liv Grīekmō
Luhya: luy Greece
Luo: luo Greece
Macedonian: mk Грција f, mk Ела́да f poetic
Malay: ms Yunani, ms Greece
Malayalam: ml ഗ്രീസ്
Maltese: mt Greċja f il-Greċja definite
Manx: gv Greag f Yn Ghreag
Māori: mi Kirihi
Marathi: mr ग्रीस
Meru: mer Greece
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Грек
Mongolian script: mn ᠭᠷᠧᠻ
Navajo: nv Dahojiyáanii Bikéyah
Nepali: ne ग्रीस
Norman: nrf Grêce f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Hellas, nb Grekenland archaic, nb Grekerland nonstandard
Nynorsk: nn Hellas n, nn Grekland n, nn Grekarland n archaic
Occitan: oc Grècia f
Odia: or ଗ୍ରୀସ୍
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Грькꙑ p
Old English: ang Grēcland n
Old Norse: non Grikkland n
Ossetian: os Грекъ
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Греческа f
Pashto: ps يونان m yunān
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls یُونَان
Dari: prs یُونَان
Iranian Persian: fa-ira یونان yunân
Phoenician: phn 𐤉𐤅𐤍
Picard: pcd Grèche f
Pohnpeian: pon Krihs
Polish: pl Grecja f
Portuguese: pt Grécia f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਯੂਨਾਨ m
Shahmukhi: pa یُونان m
Quechua: qu Grisya
Rarotongan: rar Erēni
Romani:
Vlax Romani: rmy Yelenistan
Romanian: ro Grecia f
Romansh: rm Grezia
Russian: ru Гре́ция f, ru Элла́да f poetic
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Greika
Samoan: sm Eleni
Samogitian: sgs Graikėjė f
Sanskrit: sa यवनदेश
Sardinian: sc Grèghia f, sc Grètzia f
Scottish Gaelic: gd A' Ghrèig f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Гр̏чка̄ f
Latin: sh Gȑčkā f
Sicilian: scn Grecia f
Silesian: szl Grecyjŏ f
Sinhalese: si ග්රීසිය
Slovak: sk Grécko n
Slovene: sl Gŕčija f
Somali: so Giriig
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Grichiska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Grjekska f
Spanish: es Grecia f
Swahili: sw Ugiriki
Swedish: sv Grekland n
Tagalog: tl Gresya
Tahitian: ty Herēni
Tajik: tg Юнон, tg Гретсия
Tamil: ta கிரேக்க நாடு, ta கிரீஸ், ta கிரேக்கம்
Tatar: tt Греция, tt Юнанстан
Telugu: te గ్రీసు, te గ్రీస్
Thai: th กรีซ, th กรีก
Tibetan: bo ཀེ་རི་སི, bo ཧི་ལ, bo ཞིག་ལ
Tigrinya: ti ግሪክ
Tumbuka: tum Grisi
Turkish: tr Yunanistan
Ottoman Turkish: ota یونانستان Yunanıstan, Yunanistan
Turkmen: tk Gresiýa, tk Ýunanystan
Tuvan: tyv Грек
Ukrainian: uk Гре́ція f, uk Ґре́ція f, uk Гре́ччина f, uk Елла́да f poetic
Urdu: ur یُونان m, ur گْرِیس m, ur گِرِیس m
Uyghur: ug گرېتسىيە, ug يۇنانستان
Uzbek: uz Yunoniston, uz Gretsiya
Veps: vep Grekanma, vep Grecii
Vietnamese: vi Hy Lạp (vi 希臘)
Volapük: vo Grikän, vo Glik obsolete, vo Glikän obsolete
Võro: vro Kriika
Walloon: wa Grece
Welsh: cy Groeg f
Yakut: sah Греция
Yiddish: yi גריכנלאַנד n
Yoruba: yo Gíríìsì
Zazaki: zza Yunanıstan Southern Zazaki
Zhuang: za Sihla, za Hihlaz
See also
en eponyms exonyms