Achaea

From putative Latin Achaea (the attested Latin word is Achaia), from Ancient Greek Ἀχαΐα (Akhaḯa).

Աքայա

a region in the northern head of the Peloponnese

An ancient region in the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia, contanining mostly mountains.

A regional unit in West Greece, Greece, largely corresponding to the ancient region.


Arcadia

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Arcadia
Arcadia (ancient region)
Arcadia (utopia)

A regional unit of Greece in the central and southeastern Peloponnese. Tripoli is the capital and main city with a population over 47,000.


Boeotia

From Latin Boeotia, from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).

A district of Ancient Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism; now, a district in east Central Greece, situated on the peninsula, west of Euboea, north of Attica and Megaris, and east of Phocis. The present-day capital of the prefecture is Livadeia.


Phocis

A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.

Φωκίδα

a periphery in the southwest Central Greece


Pella

From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Cognates include Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Pashto پرښه (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”), Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (“rocky ridge”), Old Norse fell / fjall (“mountain”), German Fels (“rock, cliff”)

cog

A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.


Messenia

A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.


Argolis

A regional unit in eastern Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Nafplio. Its original capital was at Argos.


Chania

From Latin Chania, from Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános).

A regional unit of the island of Crete, Greece, around the city.


Hania

From Ottoman Turkish خانیه (Hanya) and irregular romanization of Greek Χανιά (Chaniá), q.v.

Alternative spelling of Chania, a city and regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece.


Iraklion

Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio).


Piraeus

From Ancient Greek Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús).


Drama

East Macedonia and Thrace
East Macedonia and Thrace#English

A city, a municipality, a regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace, in north-eastern Greece.


Thesprotia

/θɛsˈpɹəʊ.ʃə/

A regional unit of the administrative region of Epirus, Greece.


Arta

The place in Greece is from Ancient Greek Άρτα (Árta). The place in Djibouti is from Arabic عرته or Somali Carta.

A regional unit in northwestern Greece that is a part of the Epirus region.


Preveza

From Byzantine Greek Πρέβεζα (Prébeza), from Albanian prevëzë (“crossing”) or Italian prevesione (“provision, supply”).

der

A regional unit of Epirus, Greece, around the city.


Elis

A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.


Pieria

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English

A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece.


Argolida

Argolis, A regional unit in eastern Peloponnese, Greece.