Expertlatin
- What are the old names of Greece?
- What does Acropolis mean in Greek?
- What is the Greek suffix for town?
- Why is Greece not called Hellas?
What are the old names of Greece?
The ancient and modern name of the country is Hellas or Hellada (Greek: Ελλάς, Ελλάδα; in polytonic: Ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδα), and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, Helliniki Dimokratia (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία [eliniˈci ðimokraˈti. a]).
What does Acropolis mean in Greek?
The term “acropolis” means “high city” in Greek and can refer to one of many natural strongholds constructed on rocky, elevated ground in Greece, but the Acropolis of Athens is the best known.
What is the Greek suffix for town?
These are just a few examples of American cities formed with the use of the suffix –polis, an equivalent of the Old English –burgh and the French –ville, from the Greek word polis meaning "city, town".
Why is Greece not called Hellas?
Hell-as!" It turns out that both "Greece" and "Hellas" have Greek roots, but "Greece" was adopted by the Romans (as the Latin word "Graecus"), and later adopted into English, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The OED says Aristotle uses "Graiko" as the name for the first inhabitants of the region.
