philhellenic

phil·hel·lene

(fĭl-hĕl′ēn′) also phil·hel·len·ist (-hĕl′ə-nĭst)

One who admires Greece or the Greeks.

[Greek philellēn : phil-, philo-, philo- + Hellēn, Greek.]

phil′hel·len′ic (fĭl′hĕ-lĕn′ĭk) adj.

phil·hel′len·ism n.

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philhellenic - characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; "the Philhellenic Society"

Graecophile, Graecophilic, philhellene

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