Elis
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of ELI form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece. historical
- 2 A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.
Example
More examples"I read the thesis "Identity in the Papiamentu Haiku of Elis Juliana.""
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).