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Greece

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ɡɹiːs//

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

proper noun

  1. 1

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

Etymology

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

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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