Hellas

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). Doublet of Ellada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛləs/ Rhymes: -ɛləs === Proper noun === Hellas Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === as hell == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛlas] === Proper noun === Hellas f (relational adjective helladský) Hellas (Greece, especially Ancient Greece) Synonym: Helada ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== See Helén === Further reading === “Hellas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Hellas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛl.las] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛl.las] === Proper noun === Hellas f sg (genitive Helladis); third declension (poetic) synonym of Graecia (“Greece”) a female given name from Ancient Greek ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Hellas → German: Hellas → Italian: Ellade → Middle French: HelladeFrench: Hellade → Polish: Hellada → Portuguese: Hélade → Spanish: Hélade === References === “Hellas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hellas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 739. Hellas in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “Hellas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === Grekenland (archaic; usual Norwegian name until 1932) === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek Ελλάς (Ellás, “Greece”), the formal Katharevousa name in use when the Norwegian form was officially adopted in 1932, replacing Grekenland. The Greek form is from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”), of uncertain origin. Parallel borrowings and adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Hellas, Danish Hellas (“Ancient Greece”), German Hellas (“Greece; poetic”), French Hellade (“Greece; literary”), Polish Hellada and Russian Эллада (Ellada, “Greece; poetic or endonymic”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹ˈhɛlː.as/, [ˈhɛ̀lː.ǎs] Rhymes: -ɛlːas Hyphenation: Hel‧las === Proper noun === Hellas Greece; a country in Southern Europe, Europe, with Aten as its capital. Vi reiste til Hellas i sommerferien. ― We travelled to Greece during the summer holiday. ==== Usage notes ==== The official Norwegian long-form name used by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Republikken Hellas (“the Republic of Greece”). ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== gammelgresk (“Ancient Greek”) greker (“Greek person”) gresk (“Greek”) nygresk (“Modern Greek”) === References === “Lesarspørsmål”, in Språknytt‎[2] (in Norwegian Bokmål), number 1, 2016, pages 3–4 Gorm K. Gaare (20 June 2026), “Hvor ble det av Grekenland?”, in Nasjonalbiblioteket‎[3], retrieved 2 August 2026 Kirsti des Bouvrie Thorsen, Sten Lundbo (25 June 2026), “Hellas”, in Store norske leksikon‎[4], retrieved 2 August 2026 “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, in Regjeringen.no‎[5], 2 August 2026 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 September 2026 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed as part of a language planning policy, in 1932, from Greek Ελλάς (Ellás), the Katharevousa form in use as Greek endonym at the time. This new form was intended to replace the conflicting forms in both Bokmål (Grekenland and Grekerland) and Nynorsk (Grekarland and Grekland) as part of the government's Samnorsk policy during the 1930s, which aimed to bring Bokmål and Nynorsk closer to each other, with the end goal of eventually merging them. Since the Bokmål form Grekenland was a Low German borrowing inherited via Danish Grækenland, it was excluded from Nynorsk in favour of Norwegian forms. Meanwhile, the Nynorsk form Grekarland was incompatible with Bokmål, while Grekerland was incompatible with Nynorsk (since "a Greek" is "ein grekar" in Nynorsk and "en greker" in Bokmål). Although the Samnorsk policy was abandoned by later governments, and the Katharevousa form Ελλάς (Ellás) was superseded as Greek endonym by Standard Modern Greek Ελλάδα (Elláda), the Samnorsk form Hellas remains the most widely used form in both Bokmål and Nynorsk, while the old nonstandard forms are used archaizingly in some contexts. === Proper noun === Hellas n Greece (a country in Southeastern Europe) ==== Related terms ====