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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Olympia and Zacharo.
Olympia
Olympia is a town and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peloponnese, Greece. This was the site of the original Olympic Games from 776 BCE. The games, held every four years in honor of the Greek god Zeus, lasted through the entire Classical Age until the late 4th century CE.
Zacharo
Zacharo is in Elis. Zacharo is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Kyparissia, a part of the Ionian Sea. The mountain Lapithas is to the north, and the Minthi is to the east.
Kyllini
Kyllini is a port town and a community in the municipal unit of Kastro-Kyllini, Elis, Greece. It is situated on the Ionian Sea coast, 11 km west of Andravida, 28 km northeast of Zakynthos and 39 km northwest of Pyrgos.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: “Elis Prefecture”, “Elis Regional Unit”, “Ileía”, “Ileia Regional Unit”, “Ilia”, “Ilia Prefecture”, “Nomos Ileias”, “Nomós Ileías”, and “Nomós Ilías”
- Category: regional unit of Greece
- Location: West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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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: “Èlida”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica d’Èlida”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica d’Èlide”
- Catalan: “Unitat Perifèrica de l’Èlida”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica de l’Èlide”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Ileías”
- Chinese: “伊利亚专区”
- Chinese: “伊利亞專區”
- Chinese: “伊利亞州”
- Chinese: “厄利斯”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Elida”
- Czech: “Eleia”
- Czech: “Élida (regionální jednotka)”
- Czech: “Élida”
- Czech: “Élis”
- Czech: “Ileia”
- Czech: “Ilia”
- 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”
- French: “nome d’Élide”
- Georgian: “ელისი”
- German: “Elis”
- German: “Präfektur Elis”
- German: “Regionalbezirk Elis”
- Greek: “Ηλεία”
- Greek: “Νομός Ηλείας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ηλείας”
- Hebrew: “אליס”
- Hindi: “एलिस रीजनल यूनिट”
- Ido: “Provinco Elida”
- Italian: “Elide”
- Italian: “Èlide”
- Japanese: “イリア”
- Japanese: “イリア県”
- Korean: “일리아 현”
- Korean: “일리아현”
- Latin: “Elea”
- Latin: “Elis”
- Latvian: “Elīdas nome”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elis prefektur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilía”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elis prefektur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ileia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ilia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ilía”
- Norwegian: “Ilia”
- Polish: “Elida”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Elida”
- Polish: “Nomos 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: “Ileia”
- Spanish: “Ilia”
- Spanish: “Perifereiakí Enótita Ileías”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Elide”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Élide”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Elis”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Ileia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Ilida”
- Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Elide”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Élide”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Élide”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Elis”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Ilida”
- Spanish: “Unidad Regional de Ilia”
- Spanish: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ηλείας”
- Swedish: “Elis”
- Swedish: “Nomós Ileías”
- Tamil: “எலிஸ் பிராந்திய அலகு”
- Tamil: “எலிஸ்”
- Turkish: “Elis ilçesi”
- Turkish: “İlia”
- Ukrainian: “Еліда”
- Ukrainian: “Еліс”
- Urdu: “ایلیس”
- Uzbek: “Ilia”
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