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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἑλλᾰ́δᾰ (Helláda), accusative form of Ἑλλᾰ́ς (Hellás, “Greece”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈlaða/
- Hyphenation: Ελ‧λά‧δα
Proper noun
Ελλάδα • (Elláda) f
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
Usage notes
Ελλάς (Ellás) is the former, Katharevousa, word for what in Standard Modern Greek is now called Ελλάδα (Elláda). Greece is formally referred to as the Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Ellinikí Dimokratía, “Hellenic Republic”).
Declension
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- αρχαία ελληνικά n pl (archaía elliniká, “Ancient Greek”)
- ελλαδικός (elladikós, “Helladic”)
- Έλληνας m (Éllinas, “a male Greek”)
- Ελληνίδα f (Ellinída, “a female Greek”)
- ελληνικά n pl (elliniká, “the Greek language”)
- ελληνικός (ellinikós, “Greek”, adj)
- ελληνιστικός (ellinistikós, “Hellenistic”)
- ελληνοαμερικάνος (ellinoamerikános, “Greek-American”)
- ελληνορωμαϊκός (ellinoromaïkós, “Greco-Roman”)
- νέα ελληνικά n pl (néa elliniká, “modern Greek”)
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