Greece

Greece  (grs) A country of southeast Europe on the southern Balkan Peninsula and including numerous islands in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian seas. Settled by Achaeans, Aeolians, Ionians, Minoans, and Dorians by 1000 b.c., the region grew as an amalgam of independent city-states, many of which established colonies throughout the Mediterranean by the eighth century b.c.. Classical Greek culture, centered around Athens, reached a high point in the fifth century b.c. before being conquered by Philip II of Macedon in 338 b.c.. The area was later controlled by the Roman and Byzantine empires before being absorbed into the Ottoman empire (1456). In 1829, Greece gained its independence and established a constitutional monarchy. The king was deposed following a military coup in 1967, and a democratic republic was established in 1975. Athens is the capital and the largest city. Population: 10,700,000.

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Noun	1.	Greece - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil Ellas, Hellenic Republic Actium - the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC Chaeronea - a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC) Battle of Lepanto, Lepanto - Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope battle of Leuctra, Leuctra - Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece Mantinea, Mantineia - the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC battle of Marathon, Marathon - a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians battle of Navarino, Navarino - 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 battle of Pharsalus, Pharsalus - Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC battle of Thermopylae, Thermopylae - a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece Balkan Wars - 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 bay wreath, laurel wreath, laurel - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory pantheon - (antiquity) a temple to all the gods Wooden Horse, Trojan Horse - a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend - a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) dithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages pean, paean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) torch race - (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next souvlaki, souvlakia - made of lamb 17 November, Revolutionary Organization 17 November - 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 ELA, Revolutionary People's Struggle - 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 Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security Achaea - a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese Aegina, Aigina - an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf Chios, Khios - an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece Kikladhes, Cyclades - a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean Dhodhekanisos, Dodecanese - a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea Doris - a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken Lesbos, Lesvos, Mytilene - an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry Rodhos, Rhodes - 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 Crete, Kriti - the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
	2.	Greece - ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state - any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula

Translations

Greece [griːs] n → Grecia

Greece [griːs] n → Grèce f

Greece [griːs] n → Griechenland nt

Greece [griːs] n → Grecia