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English noun: Greece

1. Greece (location) a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil


SynonymsEllas, Hellenic Republic


Instance hypernymBalkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state


Part holonymAchaea, Actium, Aegina, Aigina, Arcadia, Argos, Athens, Athinai, Athos, Attica, Boeotia, capital of Greece, Chios, Corinth, Crete, Cyclades, Delphi, Dhodhekanisos, Dodecanese, Doris, Epirus, Greek capital, Gulf of Aegina, Ithaca, Ithaki, Khios, Kikladhes, Korinthos, Kriti, Laconia, Lemnos, Lesbos, Lesvos, Liakoura, Limnos, Mount Athos, Mount Olympus, Mount Parnassus, Mt. Olympus, Mycenae, Mytilene, Nemea, Olimbos, Olympus, Parnassus, Peloponnese, Peloponnesian Peninsula, Peloponnesus, Rhodes, Rodhos, Salonica, Salonika, Saronic Gulf, Stagira, Stagirus, Thessalia, Thessalonica, Thessaloniki, Thessaly


Part meronymEurope


Member holonymGrecian, Greek, Hellene


Member meronymCommon Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization


Domain region members17 November, Actium, Bacchus, Balkan Wars, Battle of Lepanto, battle of Leuctra, battle of Marathon, battle of Navarino, battle of Pharsalus, battle of Thermopylae, bay wreath, cacodaemon, cacodemon, Chaeronea, choragus, dithyramb, ELA, eudaemon, eudemon, good spirit, Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language, hybrid, laurel, laurel wreath, Lepanto, Leuctra, loan-blend, loanblend, Mantinea, Mantineia, Marathon, Midas, Navarino, optative, optative mood, paean, pantheon, pean, Pharsalus, Revolutionary Organization 17 November, Revolutionary People's Struggle, sibyl, Sisyphus, souvlaki, souvlakia, Thermopylae, torch race, Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse

2. Greece (location) ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE


Broader (hypernym)Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state









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