"ELAS" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} ELAS
  1. (politics) ΕΛΑΣ (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός), the Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (ΕΑΜ) during the period of the Greek Resistance until February 1945. Categories (topical): Politics Categories (place): Greece
    Sense id: en-ELAS-en-name-cOpl9c7V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, politics
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          "name": "Greece",
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 190:",
          "text": "Roumeli belonged to ELAS, and the commander who first took him into his particular band was proudly and overtly Communist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 285:",
          "text": "Looting and street fighting between armed gangs loyal to the Rallis government and to ELAS became daily occurrences in the city.",
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        }
      ],
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        "ΕΛΑΣ (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός), the Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (ΕΑΜ) during the period of the Greek Resistance until February 1945."
      ],
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          "politics",
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        [
          "ΕΛΑΣ",
          "ΕΛΑΣ"
        ],
        [
          "ΕΑΜ",
          "ΕΑΜ"
        ]
      ],
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        "(politics) ΕΛΑΣ (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός), the Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (ΕΑΜ) during the period of the Greek Resistance until February 1945."
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "politics"
      ]
    }
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          "ref": "2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 285:",
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      ],
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        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "ΕΛΑΣ",
          "ΕΛΑΣ"
        ],
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          "ΕΑΜ",
          "ΕΑΜ"
        ]
      ],
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