Griecheland

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Central Franconian

Proper noun

Griecheland

  1. (Kölsch) Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    • 1886, Fritz Hönig, För jeder Jet. Humoresken in Kölnischer Mundart, 2. ed., Köln, p. 16 & 21 (in Orpheus en der Underwelt.):
      En Griecheland zo aler Zick,
      Do̧ so̧hch et andersch us wie hück.
      [....]
      Do̧ pumpten Zwei us Griecheland
      Et Wasser, dat vum Schweiß se naaß,
      En't große Danaidefaaß.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Griecheland n

  1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    Griecheland hod fiele Insle.
    Greece has many islands.

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