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Hellas

Hellas proper noun: greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.

Proper noun

Hellas

  1. Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.
    • Modern Greece would not be Byzantium reborn. Rather, it was an imagined nation conjured up from ancient Hellas.1999 March, Sean McMeekin, “The Place that Launched a Thousand Ships”, in Literary Review

Hellas meaning in Hindi

Hellas in Hindi

Greek name for Greece
हेलस helas

Origin of Hellas

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

Words that rhyme with Hellas

Questions about Hellas

What does Hellas mean?
Hellas means greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.
What is Hellas in Hindi?
Hellas in Hindi is हेलस (helas). See Hellas meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hellas?
Hellas is a proper noun.

Words near Hellas in the dictionary

  1. Hellanodics
  2. Hellanodikai
  3. Hellanodikas
  4. Hellard
  5. Hellards
  6. Hellas
  7. hellban
  8. hellbanned
  9. hellbanning
  10. hellbans
  11. hellbender

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