Elis
Elis is a region in the western part of the Peloponnese, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea.
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Elis
- Type: prefecture of Greece with 199,000 residents
- Description: one of the three regional units of the Western Greece Region of Greece
- Also known as: “Eleia”, “Èlida”, “Élida (regionální jednotka)”, “Èlide”, “Élis”, “Elis Prefecture”, “Elis prefektur”, “Elis Regional Unit”, “Ileía”, “Ileia Regional Unit”, “Ilia”, “Ilia Prefecture”, “nome d’Élide”, “Nomos Elida”, “Nomos Ileias”, “Nomós Ilías”, “Perifereiakí Enótita Ileías”, “Prefectura de Elide”, “Prefectura de Élide”, “Prefectura de Elis”, “Prefectura de Ileia”, “Prefectura de Ilida”, “Unidad periferica de Elide”, “unidad periférica de Élide”, “Unidad periférica de Élide”, “unidad periférica de Elis”, “Unidad Regional de Ilia”, “Unitat perifèrica d’Èlida”, “Unitat perifèrica de l’Èlide”, “Еліс”, “일리아 현”, “伊利亞州”, and “厄利斯”
- Category: regional unit of Greece
- Location: West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of center
37.75° or 37° 45′ north
Longitude of center
21.5833° or 21° 35′ east
Population
199,000
Elevation
224 metres (735 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Elis” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἠλεῖα”
- Arabic: “إيليا”
- Armenian: “Էլիդա”
- Basque: “Elide (unitate erregionala)”
- Basque: “Elide”
- Belarusian: “Эліда”
- Bulgarian: “Илия”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica d’Èlide”
- Catalan: “Unitat Perifèrica de l’Èlida”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Ileías”
- Chinese: “伊利亚专区”
- Chinese: “伊利亞專區”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Elida”
- Czech: “Élida”
- Czech: “Ileia”
- Danish: “Elis”
- Dutch: “Ileia”
- Dutch: “Ilia”
- Esperanto: “Eliso”
- Estonian: “Ileía piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Eliin alueyksikkö”
- Finnish: “Elis”
- French: “district régional d’Élide”
- French: “Élide”
- French: “Ilia”
- Georgian: “ელისი”
- German: “Elis”
- German: “Präfektur Elis”
- German: “Regionalbezirk Elis”
- Greek: “Ηλεία”
- Greek: “Νομός Ηλείας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ηλείας”
- Hebrew: “אליס (יוון)”
- Hebrew: “אליס”
- Hindi: “एलिस रीजनल यूनिट”
- Ido: “Provinco Elida”
- Italian: “Elide”
- Japanese: “イリア”
- Japanese: “イリア県”
- Korean: “일리아 지구”
- Korean: “일리아현”
- Latin: “Elea”
- Latin: “Elis”
- Latvian: “Elīdas nome”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ilía”
- Norwegian: “Ilia”
- Polish: “Elida”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Elida”
- Portuguese: “Élida”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Elida”
- Russian: “Элида”
- Serbian: “Илија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Elis”
- Slovak: “Ileia”
- Slovak: “Ilia”
- Slovenian: “Elida”
- Spanish: “Elide”
- Spanish: “Élide”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Ilida”
- Swedish: “Elis”
- Swedish: “Nomós Ileías”
- Tamil: “எலிஸ் பிராந்திய அலகு”
- Tamil: “எலிஸ்”
- Turkish: “Elis ilçesi”
- Turkish: “İlia”
- Ukrainian: “Еліда”
- Urdu: “ایلیس”
- Uzbek: “Ilia”
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