Yewnanistan

Meaning

Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

Concepts

Greece

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Translations

Griechenland

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Ελλάδα

Grécia

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Grecia

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Grèce

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Grecia

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Grècia

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Yunanistan

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يونان

Graecia

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Griekenland

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Grècia

اليونان

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/jɛwnɑːnɪsˈtɑːn/

Etymology

Derived from Middle Persian *Yōnān, from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠Yaunaʰ⁠/, “Ionia”), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”), derived from Ἴων (Íōn, “Ion”, the name of the mythological ancestor of the Ionian people), of uncertain further origin.