GREECE

Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas

(noun) a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil

Greece

(noun) ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Greece

Country in southeastern Europe having borders with Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Official name: Hellenic Republic.

Synonyms

• Greekland (rare, now nonstandard)

• Hellas

• Hellenic Republic

Noun

greece

(obsolete) plural of gree

Source: Wiktionary


Greece, n. pl.

Definition: See Gree a step. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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