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”)


Marathon

/ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

/ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.

A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.


Rio

A town and former municipality of Achaea, West Greece, Greece.


Metsovo

A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture


Kefalovrysi

From Greek Κεφαλόβρυσο (Kefalóvryso, “headspring”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + βρυσί (brusí, “hose”).

der

A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.


Konitsa

A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture.


Dodona

From Latin Dōdōna, from Ancient Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

(historical) A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece.


Igoumenitsa

A town in Greece, the capital of the Thesprotia prefecture.


Paramythia

A town in Greece located in the Thesprotia prefecture.


Parga

A town in Greece located in the Preveza prefecture


Amfilochia

Αμφιλοχία Αμφιλοχία

Romanisation of Katharevousa Αμφιλοχία, a town in Greece located in the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.


Amfilohia

/æmfɪləʊˈhaɪə/

* Romanization of Katharevousa Αμφιλοχία.

A town in Greece located in the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.


Amfilokhia

/æmfɪləʊˈkaɪə/


Lefkas

A town in Greece located in the Lefkada prefecture.


Naupactus

A town in Greece located in the southeastern part of the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.


Antirrio

/ænˈtɪɹiːoʊ/


Aigio

A town in Greece located in the northeastern Achaea prefecture


Kato Achaia

A town in Greece located in the northwestern Achaea prefecture.


Amalias

Dated form of Amaliada., a town and former municipality in northwestern Elis, Western Greece region, Greece.


Megalopoli

From Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) (masculine singular nominative of μέγᾰς (mégăs, “great, large”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

An ancient city and modern town in Greece located in the southwestern Arcadia prefecture.

Μεγαλόπολη

ancient city and a modern town in Greece


Aulis

(historical) An ancient port town in Boeotia, Greece, where, according to legend, the Greek fleet gathered to set off for Troy, and where Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia.


Argyrades

A town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Corfu in northwestern Greece


Lixouri

A town in Greece on the island of Kefalonia.


Kyparissia

A town in the northwestern part of the Messenia prefecture, Peloponnese, south-western Greece.


Kiato

A town in the northern part of the Korinthia prefecture in southwestern Greece


Xylokastro

From Greek Ξυλόκαστρο (Xylókastro), from ξύλον (xýlon) + κάστρο (kástro), literally "wooden castle".


Leonidi

A town in the eastern part of the Arcadia prefecture in southern Greece.


Malia

Alternative form: Mallia


Pylos

A town and ancient city in Messenia prefecture, Greece, formerly named Navarino.


Gytheio

A town in southern Laconia prefecture, Greece


Farsala

From Latin Pharsalus, from Ancient Greek.

A town in north-central Fthiotida prefecture, Greece


Domokos

A town in northern Fthiotida prefecture, Greece


Naxos

A town in Greece located on an homonymous island.


Tinos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τῆνος (Tênos).


Skopelos

A town in Greece located on the island of the same name.


Stavros

From Greek Σταύρος (Stávros), from σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”).

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English

A number of places in Greece, including:

A coastal town in Thessaloniki regional unit, Central Macedonia, northern Greece.


Neapoli

From Greek Νεάπολη (Neápoli), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλη (póli, “city”) and from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa) + πολις (polis). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, and Neapolis.

doublet

A town in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece.

A town in Kozani, West Macedonia, Greece.


Nafplio

From Greek Ναύπλιο (Náfplio), from Ancient Greek Ναύπλιος (Naúplios).

A large town in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece.


Moria

A town in Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, in the Aegean, Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia


Pyrgos

A town in Elis, Peloponnese, Greece, not far from Olympia.


Amfikleia

A town in the Central Greece region of Greece.


Diakopto

A coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece.


Kalavryta

A town and municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece.


Katakolo

A small town on the sea in Elis, West Greece, Greece.


Platamon

At Platamon, the train stops by a silver sandy beach, beneath a medieval castle.

1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:

A town and seaside resort in Central Macedonia, Greece.