Greece

See also: greece

English

Etymology

From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Replaced Old English Grēcland, 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

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Western Greece

Descendants

→ Iban: Gerika
→ Korean: 그리스 (Geuriseu)
→ Telugu: గ్రీసు (grīsu), గ్రీస్ (grīs)
→ Thai: กรีซ (grìis)

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) (definite), إِغْرِيقِيَا (ar) f (ʔiḡrīqiyā), الْإِغْرِيقِيَا f (al-ʔiḡrīqiyā) (definite), هِيلاس f (hīlās)
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) (griś), গ্রীস (griś), ইউনান (bn) (iunan)
Breton: Gres (br), Hellaz f
Bulgarian: Гъ́рция (bg) f (Gǎ́rcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
Burmese: ဂရိ (ga.ri.)
Buryat: Греци (Grjeci)
Carpathian Rusyn: Ґре́ція f (Grécija)
Catalan: Grècia (ca) f
Chechen: Гӏайрхойн (Ğajrxojn), Желтойчоь (Želtojčö)
Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ (goihi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 希臘 / 希腊 (yue) (hei¹ laap⁶)

Eastern Min: 希臘 / 希腊 (Hĭ-lăk)

Hakka: 希臘 / 希腊 (Hî-lia̍p)

Hokkien: 希臘 / 希腊 (Hi-lia̍p)

Mandarin: 希臘 / 希腊 (zh) (Xīlà)

Wu: 希臘 / 希腊 (¹shi-laq)
Chuvash: Греци (Gretsi)
Coptic: ⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ f (ellas)
Corsican: Grecia f
Crimean Tatar: Yunanistan
Czech: Řecko (cs) n
Danish: Grækenland (da)
Dhivehi: ޔޫނާން (yūnān̊)
Dutch: Griekenland (nl) n
Dzongkha: གིརིསི (girisi)
Esperanto: Grekio, Grekujo, Greklando, Helenujo, La Helena Respubliko
Estonian: Kreeka (et)
Farefare: Girigo
Faroese: Grikkaland n, Grikkland n
Finnish: Kreikka (fi)
French: Grèce (fr) f
Friulian: Grecie
Gagauz: Grețiya
Galician: Grecia (gl) f
Ge'ez: ዮናን (yonan)
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 (ha)
Hawaiian: Helene
Hebrew: יָוָן (he) f (yaván)
Hindi: यूनान (hi) m (yūnān), ग्रीस (hi) m (grīs)
Hungarian: Görögország (hu)
Hunsrik: Griecheland n
Icelandic: Grikkland (is) n
Ido: Grekia (io)
Indonesian: Yunani (id), Greece (id) (nonstandard)
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), 希臘 (ja) (ギリシャ, Girisha, ギリシア, Girishia) (obsolete)
Kalenjin: Greece
Kamba: Greece
Kannada: ಗ್ರೀಸ್ (kn) (grīs)
Karakalpak: Gretsiya
Kashubian: Greckô f
Kazakh: Грекия (kk) (Grekiä), Юнанстан (Ünanstan)
Khmer: ក្រិក (km) (krəc)
Kikuyu: Greece
Komi-Permyak: Эллада (Ellada)
Komi-Zyrian: Эллада (Ellada)
Korean: 그리스 (ko) (Geuriseu), 엘라다 (Ellada), 희랍(希臘) (ko) (Huirap) (dated)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: یۆنان (ckb) (yonan)

Northern Kurdish: Yewnanistan (ku), Grekistan (ku), Yûnanistan (ku), Yûnan, Yonan, Yonanistan (ku), Yunanistan (ku)
Kyrgyz: Греция (ky) (Gretsiya), Грекия (ky) (Grekiya)
Ladino: Gresia, Grecha
Lao: ເກຣັກ (lo) (kek), ເກັກ (kek)
Latgalian: Grekeja f
Latin: Graecia (la) f, Hellas f (poetic)
Latvian: Grieķija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Graikija (lt) f
Livonian: Grīekmō
Luhya: Greece
Luo: Greece
Macedonian: Грција (mk) f (Grcija), Ела́да f (Eláda) (poetic)
Malay: Yunani (ms), Greece
Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ് (ml) (grīsŭ)
Maltese: il-Greċja f (definite)
Manx: Yn Ghreag f
Maori: Kirihi
Marathi: ग्रीस (grīs)
Meru: Greece
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Грек (mn) (Grek)

Mongolian: ᠭᠷᠧᠻ (ɣrēk)
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
Odia: ଗ୍ରୀସ୍ (or) (gris)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Грькꙑ pl (Grĭky)
Old English: Grēcland n
Old French: Grece f
Old Norse: Grikkland n
Ossetian: Грекъ (Grek’)
Pannonian Rusyn: Греческа f (Hrečeska)
Pashto: يونان (ps) m (yunān)
Persian:
Classical Persian: یُونَان (yūnān)

Dari: یُونَان (yūnān)

Iranian Persian: یونان (fa) (yunân)
Phoenician: 𐤉𐤅𐤍 (ywn)
Picard: Grèche f
Polish: Grecja (pl) f
Portuguese: Grécia (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਯੂਨਾਨ m (yūnān)

Shahmukhi: یُونان m (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)
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: Grecyjŏ f
Sinhalese: ග්‍රීසිය (si) (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), Гретсия (Gretsiya)
Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு (kirēkka nāṭu), கிரீஸ் (kirīs)
Tatar: Греция (Gretsiyä), Юнанстан (Yunanstan)
Telugu: గ్రీసు (grīsu), గ్రీస్ (te) (grīs)
Thai: กรีซ (th) (grìis), กรีก (th) (grìik)
Tibetan: ཀེ་རི་སི (ke ri si), ཧི་ལ (hi la), ཞིག་ལ (zhig la)
Tigrinya: ግሪክ (gərik)
Turkish: Yunanistan (tr)
Turkmen: Gresiýa, Ýunanystan
Tuvan: Грек (Grek)
Ukrainian: Гре́ція (uk) f (Hrécija), Ґре́ція f (Grécija), Гре́ччина f (Hréččyna), Елла́да f (Elláda) (poetic)
Urdu: یُونان (ur) m (yūnān), گْرِیس m (grīs), گِرِیس m (girīs)
Uyghur: گرېتسىيە (grëtsiye), يۇنانستان (yunanstan)
Uzbek: Yunoniston (uz), Gretsiya
Veps: Grekanma, Grecii
Vietnamese: Hy Lạp (vi) (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: Gíríìsì
Zazaki: Yunanıstan (diq) (Southern Zazaki)
Zhuang: Sihla, Hihlaz