"Hellas" meaning in English

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Proper name

Rhymes: -ɛləs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|Ἑλλάς||Greece}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hellas
  1. Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece. Derived forms: Helladic Translations (Greek name for Greece): Հելլադա (Hellada) (Armenian), Ела́да (Eláda) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 希臘 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 希腊 (Hi-lia̍p) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 希臘 (Chinese Cantonese), 希腊 (hei¹ laap⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 希臘 (Chinese Mandarin), 希腊 (Xīlà) (Chinese Mandarin), Helada [feminine] (Czech), Hellas (english: ancient Greece) [neuter] (Danish), Grækenland [neuter] (Danish), 希臘 (Eastern Min Chinese), 希腊 (Hĭ-lăk) (Eastern Min Chinese), Helaso (Esperanto), Hellas (Finnish), Hellade (French), Grèce [feminine] (French), Hellas [neuter, poetic] (German), Griechenland [neuter] (German), Ελλάδα (Elláda) [feminine] (Greek), Ελλάς (Ellás) [Katharevousa, feminine, formal, literary] (Greek), Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Ellinikí Dimokratía) [feminine] (Greek), 希臘 (Hakka Chinese), 希腊 (Hî-lia̍p) (Hakka Chinese), Grecia [feminine] (Italian), Hellas [feminine] (Latin), Graecia [feminine] (Latin), Hellas [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Grekenland [archaic, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Hellas [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Grekenland [archaic, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Hélade [feminine] (Portuguese), Элла́да (Elláda) [feminine] (Russian), Grikän (Volapük), 希臘 (Wu Chinese), 希腊 (¹shi-laq) (Wu Chinese)

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