Greece
/ɡɹiːs/
Greece proper noun: a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
Proper noun
Greece
- A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
- Synonyms:
- Greekland, Hellas, Hellenic Republic
Greece meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Greece in Hindi
- country in Southeastern Europe
- यूनान yūnān, ग्रीस grīs
Greece in Tamil
- country in Southeastern Europe
- கிரேக்க நாடு kirēkka nāṭu, கிரீஸ் kirīs, கிரேக்கம் kirēkkam
Greece in Marathi
- country in Southeastern Europe
- ग्रीस grīs
Greece in Urdu
- country in Southeastern Europe
- یُونان yūnān, گْرِیس grīs, گِرِیس girīs
More languagesFewer languages
- Greece in Bengali
- গ্রিস griś, গ্রীস griś, ইউনান iunan, যবনদেশ jobnodeś
- Greece in Telugu
- గ్రీసు grīsu, గ్రీస్ grīs
- Greece in Malayalam
- ഗ്രീസ് grīsŭ
- Greece in Kannada
- ಗ್ರೀಸ್ grīs
- Greece in Punjabi
- ਯੂਨਾਨ yūnān, یُونان yūnān
- Greece in Gujarati
- ગ્રીસ grīs
- Greece in Odia
- ଗ୍ରୀସ୍ gris
- Greece in Sanskrit
- यवनदेश yavanadeśa
- Greece in Sinhala
- ග්රීසිය grīsiya
- Greece in Assamese
- গ্ৰীচ gris
- Greece in Nepali
- ग्रीस grīs
- Greece in Pashto
- يونان yunān
- Greece in Tagalog
- Gresya
- Greece in Arabic
- الْيُونَان al-yūnān, إِغْرِيقِيَا f or إِغْرِيقْيَا ʔiḡrīqiyā
- Greece in Malay
- Yunani, Greece
- Greece in Indonesian
- Yunani, Greece
- Greece in Thai
- กรีซ grìis, กรีก grìik
- Greece in Vietnamese
- Hy Lạp
- Greece in Myanmar
- ဂရိ ga.ri.
- Dhivehi
- ޔޫނާން yūnān̊
- Dzongkha
- གིརིསི girisi
Synonyms of Greece
Origin of Greece
From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Mostly displaced Greekland from Old English Grēcland.
Words formed from Greece
Phrases with Greece
Words that rhyme with Greece
Questions about Greece
- What does Greece mean?
- Greece means a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
- What is Greece in Hindi?
- Greece in Hindi is यूनान (yūnān), ग्रीस (grīs). See Greece meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Greece?
- Greece is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Greece?
- Greece is pronounced /ɡɹiːs/.
Words near Greece in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Greece (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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