Hellas.
Greece; a country in Southern Europe, Europe, with Aten as its capital.
Meaning & usage
Greece; a country in Southern Europe, Europe, with Aten as its capital.
Vi reiste til Hellas i sommerferien.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Greek Ελλάς (Ellás, “Greece”), the formal Katharevousa name in use when the Norwegian form was officially adopted in 1932, replacing Grekenland. The Greek form is from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”), of uncertain origin. Parallel borrowings and adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Hellas, Danish Hellas (“Ancient Greece”), German Hellas (“Greece; poetic”), French Hellade (“Greece; literary”), Polish Hellada and Russian Эллада (Ellada, “Greece; poetic or endonymic”).
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