Ελλάδα
See also: Ἑλλάδα
Greek
Alternative forms
- Ελλάς f (Ellás) (formal, Katharevousa)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἑλλᾰ́δᾰ (Helláda), accusative form of Ἑλλᾰ́ς (Hellás, “Greece”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈlaða/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ελ‧λά‧δα
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
Related terms
- 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”)
Further reading
Ελλάδα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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