Hellas

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  1. 1
    Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.

    "Modern Greece would not be Byzantium reborn. Rather, it was an imagined nation conjured up from ancient Hellas."

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greece

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"Greece is called "Hellas" in Greek."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). Doublet of Ellada.

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