ellas
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1. a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil (noun.location)
part holonym | : | achaea, |
definition | : | a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | aegina, aigina, |
definition | : | an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | chios, khios, |
definition | : | an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | cyclades, kikladhes, |
definition | : | a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | doris, |
definition | : | a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | lesbos, lesvos, mytilene, |
definition | : | an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | rhodes, rodhos, |
definition | : | a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | crete, kriti, |
definition | : | the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | ithaca, ithaki, |
definition | : | a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | athos, mount athos, |
definition | : | an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | actium, |
definition | : | an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | attica, |
definition | : | the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | corinth, korinthos, |
definition | : | the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | argos, |
definition | : | an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | delphi, |
definition | : | an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | mycenae, |
definition | : | an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | epirus, |
definition | : | an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | laconia, |
definition | : | an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | nemea, |
definition | : | a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | boeotia, |
definition | : | a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | stagira, stagirus, |
definition | : | an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | thessalia, thessaly, |
definition | : | a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | arcadia, |
definition | : | a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | lemnos, limnos, |
definition | : | a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | mount olympus, mt. olympus, olimbos, olympus, |
definition | : | a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | liakoura, mount parnassus, parnassus, |
definition | : | (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | europe, |
definition | : | the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object) |
member holonym | : | greek, hellene, |
definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Greece (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | grecian, |
definition | : | a native or resident of Greece (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | nato, north atlantic treaty organization, |
definition | : | an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | actium, |
definition | : | the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | chaeronea, |
definition | : | a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC) (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of lepanto, lepanto, |
definition | : | Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of leuctra, leuctra, |
definition | : | Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | mantinea, mantineia, |
definition | : | the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of marathon, marathon, |
definition | : | a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of navarino, navarino, |
definition | : | a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of thermopylae, thermopylae, |
definition | : | a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | balkan wars, |
definition | : | two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | bay wreath, laurel, laurel wreath, |
definition | : | (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory (noun.artifact) |
domain member region | : | pantheon, |
definition | : | (antiquity) a temple to all the gods (noun.artifact) |
domain member region | : | trojan horse, wooden horse, |
definition | : | a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War (noun.artifact) |
domain member region | : | hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend, |
definition | : | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) (noun.communication) |
domain member region | : | dithyramb, |
definition | : | (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) (noun.communication) |
domain member region | : | paean, pean, |
definition | : | (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) (noun.communication) |
domain member region | : | torch race, |
definition | : | (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next (noun.event) |
domain member region | : | 17 november, revolutionary organization 17 november, |
definition | : | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980s (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | ela, revolutionary people's struggle, |
definition | : | an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | midas, |
definition | : | (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | sisyphus, |
definition | : | (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | bacchus, |
definition | : | (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | choragus, |
definition | : | (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | sibyl, |
definition | : | (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | optative, optative mood, |
definition | : | a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs (noun.linkdef) |
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