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| ellas - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil | ||
| Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | ||
| europe the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" | ||
| common market, ec, eec, european community, european economic community, european union, eu, europe an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" | ||
| nato, north atlantic treaty organization an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security | ||
| achaea a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese | ||
| aigina, aegina small medusa | ||
| chios, khios an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece | ||
| kikladhes cyclades | ||
| dhodhekanisos, dodecanese a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea | ||
| doris a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken | ||
| lesbos, lesvos, mytilene an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry | ||
| rodhos, rhodes a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes | ||
| crete, kriti the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC | ||
| ithaki, ithaca a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king | ||
| athos, mount athos an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century | ||
| athinai, capital of greece, greek capital, athens the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city" | ||
| actium the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC | ||
| attica the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken | ||
| corinth, korinthos the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens | ||
| argos an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC | ||
| delphi an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi | ||
| mycenae an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age | ||
| epirus an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania | ||
| laconia an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta | ||
| nemea a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held | ||
| boeotia a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens | ||
| salonica, salonika, thessalonica, thessaloniki a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece | ||
| stagira, stagirus an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born | ||
| thessalia, thessaly a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece | ||
| arcadia a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese | ||
| peloponnese, peloponnesian peninsula, peloponnesus the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC | ||
| lemnos, limnos a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties | ||
| mount olympus, mt. olympus, olimbos, olympus a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) | ||
| liakoura, mount parnassus, parnassus (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus" | ||
| gulf of aegina, saronic gulf a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece | ||
| hellene, greek the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages | ||
| grecian a native or resident of Greece | ||
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