Griecheland

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.

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From Central Franconian Griecheland, from Middle High German Kriechenlant. By surface analysis, Grieche (“Greek”) +‎ Land (“land”).

Compare German Griechenland and Luxembourgish Griicheland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkriːçəˌlant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: Grie‧che‧land

Griecheland n

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

   Griecheland hod fiele Insle.

   Greece has many islands.

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Griecheland”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 70, column 1