noun
a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
• Syn: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic
• Members of this Region:
↑Actium, ↑Chaeronea, ↑Lepanto, ↑Battle of Lepanto, ↑Leuctra, ↑battle of Leuctra, ↑Mantinea, ↑Mantineia, ↑Marathon, ↑battle of Marathon, ↑Navarino, ↑battle of Navarino, ↑Pharsalus, ↑battle of Pharsalus, ↑Thermopylae, ↑battle of Thermopylae, ↑Balkan Wars, ↑laurel, ↑laurel wreath, ↑bay wreath, ↑pantheon, ↑Trojan Horse, ↑Wooden Horse, ↑loanblend, ↑loan-blend, ↑hybrid, ↑dithyramb, ↑Greek, ↑Hellenic, ↑Hellenic language, ↑paean, ↑pean, ↑torch race, ↑souvlaki, ↑souvlakia, ↑Revolutionary Organization 17 November, ↑17 November, ↑Revolutionary People's Struggle, ↑ELA, ↑Midas, ↑Sisyphus, ↑cacodemon, ↑cacodaemon, ↑eudemon, ↑eudaemon, ↑good spirit, ↑Bacchus, ↑choragus, ↑sibyl, ↑optative mood, ↑optative
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Balkan country, ↑Balkan nation, ↑Balkan state
• Member Holonyms:
↑European Union, ↑EU, ↑European Community, ↑EC, ↑European Economic Community, ↑EEC, ↑Common Market, ↑Europe, ↑North Atlantic Treaty Organization, ↑NATO
• Part Holonyms: ↑Europe
• Part Meronyms:
↑Achaea, ↑Aegina, ↑Aigina, ↑Chios, ↑Khios, ↑Cyclades, ↑Kikladhes, ↑Dodecanese, ↑Dhodhekanisos, ↑Doris, ↑Lesbos, ↑Lesvos, ↑Mytilene, ↑Rhodes, ↑Rodhos, ↑Crete, ↑Kriti, ↑Ithaca, ↑Ithaki, ↑Athos, ↑Mount Athos, ↑Athens, ↑Athinai, ↑capital of Greece, ↑Greek capital, ↑Actium, ↑Attica, ↑Corinth, ↑Korinthos, ↑Argos, ↑Delphi, ↑Mycenae, ↑Epirus, ↑Laconia, ↑Nemea, ↑Boeotia, ↑Thessaloniki, ↑Salonika, ↑Salonica, ↑Thessalonica, ↑Stagira, ↑Stagirus, ↑Thessalia, ↑Thessaly, ↑Arcadia, ↑Peloponnese, ↑Peloponnesus, ↑Peloponnesian Peninsula, ↑Lemnos, ↑Limnos, ↑Olympus, ↑Mount Olympus, ↑Mt. Olympus, ↑Olimbos, ↑Parnassus, ↑Mount Parnassus, ↑Liakoura, ↑Saronic Gulf, ↑Gulf of Aegina
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/e lahs"/, n.
Modern Greek name of Greece.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.