Greece

Greece is a country with a captivating history and culture that has influenced the world for thousands of years. Ancient Greece, home to one of Europe's first urban civilizations, was the origin of Western culture.
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is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.

is the capital of , and with one million inhabitants, the second largest city in Greece. It is a city with a continuous 3,000-year history, preserving relics of its Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman past and of its formerly dominant Jewish population.

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Lesbos, or , is the northernmost of the of Greece, projecting out of the Asia Minor mainland. It is a birthplace of numerous poets and writers since the Greek antiquity.

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Most visitors to Greece want their trip to include, or even to be devoted to, the islands, but may initially be bewildered by their number and variety.

is the large, varied upper half of Greece which, apart from a few scattered famous attractions, is still relatively untouristed, though much of this area offers rewarding destinations that deserve to be better known.

is a peninsula in southern Greece. Once a peninsula connected to the rest of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth, it is now cut off from the mainland by the narrow Corinth Canal, spanned by bridges connecting to across the canal.

is a traditional geographic region of Greece, colloquially known as Roúmeli. It includes the southern part of the Greek mainland, excluding the Peloponnese but including the offshore island of Evvia.

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is a region in central Greece that has unique holiday destinations such as the Meteora monasteries, Mount Olympus, the Pelion peninsula, the Northern Sporades island group, and the beaches of the Olympic Riviera.

is the largest of the Greek islands and is the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea - after , , , and . It is located between the Sea of and the Libyan Sea, south of the .

Greece

Latitude of center
38.72° or 38° 43′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
23.07° or 23° 4′ 12″ east
Population
11,300,000
Area
131,940 km² (50,942 miles²)
Elevation
644 metres (2,113 feet)
Capital
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Phone code
.gr
Internet domain
30
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432424989
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
390903
Wiki­data ID
Q41
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Greece” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Бырзентәыла
  • Achinese: Yunani
  • Adyghe: Урымые
  • Afrikaans: Griekeland
  • Akan: Greekman
  • Albanian: Greqi
  • Albanian: Greqia
  • Amharic: ግሪክ
  • Amis: Greece
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἑλλάς
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἑλληνικὴ Δημοκρατία
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἑλληνῐκὴ Δημοκρατία
  • Angika: ग्रीस
  • Arabic: اليونان
  • Arabic: يونان
  • Aragonese: Grecia
  • Aragonese: Grezia
  • Armenian: Հունաստան
  • Arpitan: Grèça
  • Arpitan: Grèce
  • Assamese: গ্ৰীচ
  • Asturian: Grecia
  • Atayal: Greece
  • Avaric: Герек
  • Avaric: Греция
  • Awadhi: यूनान
  • Aymara: Grisya
  • Azerbaijani: Ellada
  • Azerbaijani: Ellin Respublikası
  • Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan Respublikası
  • Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan
  • Balinese: Yunani
  • Bambara: Gɛrɛsi
  • Bashkir: Греция
  • Bashkir: Юнанстан
  • Basque: Grezia
  • Batak Mandailing: Yunani
  • Batak Toba: Gorik
  • Bavarian: Griachaland
  • Belarusian: Грэцыя
  • Belarusian: Эляда
  • Bengali: এলাদা
  • Bengali: গ্রিক
  • Bengali: গ্রিস
  • Bengali: গ্রীক
  • Bengali: গ্রীস
  • Bengali: হেলাস
  • Bengali: হেলেনিক প্রজাতন্ত্র
  • Betawi: Yunani
  • Bhojpuri: ग्रीस
  • Bhojpuri: युनान
  • Bhojpuri: यूनान
  • Bishnupriya: গ্রীস
  • Bislama: Greece
  • Bislama: Gris
  • Bosnian: Grčka
  • Breton: Gres
  • Bulgarian: Гърция
  • Bulgarian: Република Гърция
  • Burmese: ဂရိ
  • Burmese: ဂရိနိုင်ငံ
  • Catalan: Elláda
  • Catalan: Grècia
  • Catalan: Hellás
  • Catalan: República Hel·lènica
  • Cebuano: Gresya
  • Central Bikol: Gresya
  • Central Kanuri: Greece
  • Central Kurdish: ئێلادا
  • Central Kurdish: یونان
  • Central Kurdish: یۆنان
  • Central Kurdish: یۆنانستان
  • Chamorro: Grecia
  • Chavacano: Grecia
  • Chechen: Греци
  • Chechen: Желтойчоь
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ
  • Chinese: Hi-lia̍p
  • Chinese: Xīlà
  • Chinese: 太陽岩石之地
  • Chinese: 太陽岩石共和国
  • Chinese: 希倫共和国
  • Chinese: 希腊/希臘
  • Chinese: 希腊
  • Chinese: 希腊共和国
  • Chinese: 希臘
  • Chinese: 希臘共和國
  • Chinese: 陽岩共和国
  • Church Slavic: Грьци
  • Chuvash: Греци
  • Cornish: Pow Grek
  • Corsican: Grecia
  • Corsican: Republica Ellenica
  • Corsican: Ripublica Ellenica
  • Crimean Tatar: Yunanistan
  • Croatian: Grčka
  • Croatian: Helenska Republika
  • Croatian: Republika Grčka
  • Czech: Řecko
  • Dagbani: Greece
  • Danish: Grækenland
  • Dhivehi: ޔޫނާން
  • Dimli (individual language): Yunanıstan
  • Dotyali: ग्रीस
  • Dutch: GR
  • Dutch: GRC
  • Dutch: Griekenland
  • Dutch: Helleense Republiek
  • Dzongkha: གིརིསི་
  • Dzongkha: གིརིས྄
  • Eastern Mari: Греций
  • Egyptian Arabic: اليونان
  • Erzya: Греция Мастор
  • Esperanto: Grekio
  • Esperanto: Grekujo
  • Esperanto: Helena Respubliko
  • Estonian: Kreeka
  • Ewe: Greece nutome
  • Ewe: Greece
  • Extremaduran: Grecia
  • Extremaduran: Grécia
  • Faroese: Grikkaland
  • Fiji Hindi: Greece
  • Finnish: Hellas
  • Finnish: Helleenien tasavalta
  • Finnish: Kreikan tasavalta
  • Finnish: Kreikka
  • French: GR
  • French: Grece
  • French: Grèce
  • French: Hellas, Grèce
  • French: République hellénique
  • Friulian: Grecie
  • Fulah: Gerees
  • Fulah: Yunan
  • Gagauz: Grețiya
  • Galician: Grecia
  • Gan Chinese: 希臘
  • Ganda: Bugereeki/Buyonaani
  • Ganda: Buyonaani
  • Georgian: საბერძნეთი
  • German: GR
  • German: GRC
  • German: Griechenland
  • German: Hellas, Griechenland
  • German: Hellas
  • German: Hellenische Republik
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: el
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Ellada
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: gr
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: GRE
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Greece
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Greek Republic
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Hellas
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Hellenic Republic
  • Gilaki: ىۊنان
  • Gilaki: یۊنان
  • Goan Konkani: Greece
  • Goan Konkani: ग्रीस
  • Gorontalo: Yunani
  • Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
  • Greek: Elláda
  • Greek: Ellás
  • Greek: Ellinikí Dhimokratía
  • Greek: Ellinikí Dimokratía
  • Greek: GR
  • Greek: Vasilion tis Ellados” (historical)
  • Greek: Δημοκρατία της Ελλάδας
  • Greek: Δημοκρατία της Ελλάδος
  • Greek: Ελλάδα
  • Greek: Ελλάς, Ελλάδα
  • Greek: Ελλάς” (historical)
  • Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
  • Guarani: Gyresia
  • Guarani: Gyrésia
  • Guianese Creole French: Grès
  • Gujarati: ગ્રીસ
  • Haitian: Grès
  • Hakka Chinese: Hî-lia̍p
  • Hausa: Girka
  • Hausa: Greek
  • Hawaiian: Helene
  • Hawaiian: Lepupalika o Helene
  • Hebrew: הרפובליקה היוונית
  • Hebrew: יוון
  • Hindi: यूनान
  • Hungarian: Görögország
  • Iban: Gerika
  • Icelandic: Grikkland
  • Ido: Grekia
  • Igbo: Greece
  • Iloko: Gresia
  • Inari Sami: Kreika täsiväldi
  • Inari Sami: Kreikka
  • Indonesian: Yunani
  • Ingush: Эллада
  • Ingush: Янехье
  • Interlingua: Grecia
  • Interlingue: Grecia
  • Irish: an Ghréig
  • Irish: An Ghréig
  • Irish: Gréig
  • Irish: Poblacht Heilléanach
  • Irish: Poblacht Heilléineach
  • Italian: Grecia
  • Italian: Repubblica Ellenica
  • Jamaican Creole English: Griis
  • Japanese: ギリシア
  • Japanese: ギリシャ
  • Japanese: ギリシャ共和国
  • Javanese: Grikenlan
  • Javanese: Yunani
  • Kabardian: Алыджей
  • Kabiyè: Krɛsɩ
  • Kabuverdianu: Grésia
  • Kabyle: Legrig
  • Kalaallisut: Grækenlandi
  • Kalaallisut: Grækerit Nunaat
  • Kalmyk: Грисин Орн
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Greekako them
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Kreekako them
  • Kannada: ಗ್ರೀಸ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Greciya
  • Kara-Kalpak: Gretsiya
  • Karachay-Balkar: Греция
  • Kashmiri: گریٖس
  • Kashmiri: یونان
  • Kashubian: Greckô
  • Kazakh: Грекия
  • Khmer: ក្រិក
  • Khmer: ក្រិច
  • Kikuyu: Ngiriki
  • Kikuyu: Ugiriki
  • Kinyarwanda: Ubugereki
  • Kirghiz: Грекия
  • Kirghiz: Греция
  • Kölsch: Jrihscheland
  • Komering: Yunani
  • Komi-Permyak: Эллада
  • Komi: Эллада
  • Kongo: Gelesi
  • Korean: 그리스
  • Kotava: Ellasa
  • Kurdish: Grekistan
  • Kurdish: Yewnanistan
  • Kurdish: یۆنان
  • Ladin: Grecia
  • Ladino: Gresia
  • Lao: Greece
  • Lao: Hellenic Republic
  • Lao: ກຣີຊ
  • Lao: ເກຣັກ
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ເກຣັກ
  • Lao: ປະເທດເກຣັກ
  • Latgalian: Grekeja
  • Latin: Graecia
  • Latvian: Grieķija
  • Lezghian: Греция
  • Ligurian: Greçia
  • Ligurian: Grêcia
  • Limburgan: Griekeland
  • Lingala: Geleki
  • Lingala: Gresi
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Elas
  • Literary Chinese: 希臘共和國
  • Lithuanian: Graikija
  • Liv: Grīekmō
  • Livvi: Gretsii
  • Livvi: Griekanmua
  • Lojban: xesygu’e
  • Lombard: Grecia
  • Low German: Grekenland
  • Low German: Griekenlaand
  • Lower Sorbian: Grichiska
  • Luba-Katanga: Ngeleka
  • Lule Sami: Grehka
  • Lule Sami: Greklánnda
  • Luxembourgish: Griicheland
  • Luxembourgish: Griichenland
  • Macedo-Romanian: Gârția
  • Macedo-Romanian: Gãrtsia
  • Macedonian: Грција
  • Madurese: Yunani
  • Maithili: ग्रीस
  • Maithili: यूनान
  • Malagasy: Gresy
  • Malagasy: Grisia
  • Malagasy: Grisy
  • Malay: Greece
  • Malay: Yunani
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ്
  • Maltese: Greċja
  • Maltese: il-Greċja
  • Maltese: Repubblika Ellenika
  • Manipuri: ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯁ
  • Manx: Ellada
  • Manx: Ellas
  • Manx: Greag
  • Manx: Greece
  • Manx: Hellas
  • Manx: Pobblaght y Ghreag
  • Manx: y Ghreag
  • Manx: y Phobblaght Ghreagagh
  • Manx: Yn Ghreag
  • Maori: Kirihi
  • Marathi: ग्रीस
  • Mazanderani: یونان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Hĭ-lé-nà̤
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hi-lia̍p
  • Minangkabau: Yunani
  • Mingrelian: საბერძნეთი
  • Mirandese: Grécia
  • Moksha: Грекмастор
  • Mongolian: Грек
  • Moroccan Arabic: ليونان
  • Mossi: Greece
  • Narom: Grêce
  • Nauru: Grit
  • Navajo: Dahojiyáanii Bikéyah
  • Neapolitan: Grecia
  • Nepali: ग्रिस
  • Nepali: ग्रीस
  • Nepali: यूनान
  • Newari: ग्रीस
  • North Ndebele: Greece
  • Northern Frisian: Grekenlun
  • Northern Luri: یوٙنان
  • Northern Sami: Greika
  • Northern Sami: Greikka dásseváldi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den hellenske republikk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grekenland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hellas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hellas
  • Norwegian: Hellas
  • Novial: Grekia
  • Nyanja: Greece
  • Obolo: Giris
  • Occitan (post 1500): Grècia
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܝܘܢ
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܝܘܢܢ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Crēcland
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Grecland
  • Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀସ
  • Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀସ୍
  • Oromo: Giriik
  • Ossetian: Грекъ
  • Pa'o Karen: ဂရိခမ်းထီ
  • Pali: ग्रीस (यूनान)
  • Pampanga: Elenikung Republika
  • Pampanga: Gresia
  • Pampanga: Gresiya
  • Pampanga: Gresya
  • Pampanga: Republika ning Gresya
  • Pampanga: Republikang Eleniku
  • Pangasinan: Gresia
  • Panjabi: ਗ੍ਰੀਸ
  • Panjabi: ਯੂਨਾਨ
  • Papiamento: Gresia
  • Pedi: Greece
  • Pennsylvania German: Griechenlen
  • Persian: یون، یوعون، یوعوآن
  • Persian: یونان
  • Picard: Grèche
  • Piemontese: Grecia
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Griese
  • Polish: Grecja
  • Polish: Hellada
  • Polish: Republika Grecka
  • Pontic: Ελλάδα
  • Portuguese: Grécia
  • Portuguese: República Helênica
  • Pushto: يونان
  • Pushto: یونان
  • Quechua: Grecia
  • Quechua: Grisya
  • Quechua: Ilinusuyu
  • Romanian: Grecia
  • Romanian: Гречия
  • Romansh: Grezia
  • Rundi: Grecia
  • Rundi: Ubugereki
  • Rundi: Ubugiriki
  • Russia Buriat: Грек
  • Russia Buriat: Греци
  • Russian: Греция
  • Russian: Греческая Республика
  • Russian: Эллада
  • Russian: Элленистическая республика
  • Rusyn: Ґреція
  • Sakizaya: Greece
  • Samoan: Eleni
  • Samoan: Kuliti
  • Samogitian: Graikėjė
  • Sango: Gerêsi
  • Sanskrit: यवनदेशः
  • Santali: ᱜᱨᱤᱠ
  • Santali: ᱜᱨᱤᱥ
  • Santali: ᱦᱮᱞᱮᱱᱤᱠ ᱟᱯᱱᱟᱛ
  • Saraiki: گریس
  • Saraiki: یونان
  • Sardinian: Grèghia
  • Saterfriesisch: Griechenlound
  • Scots: Greece
  • Scottish Gaelic: A Ghrèig
  • Scottish Gaelic: A‘ Ghrèig
  • Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghrèig
  • Scottish Gaelic: A‘ Ghreug
  • Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghreug
  • Serbian: Grčka
  • Serbian: Грчка
  • Serbo-Croatian: Grčka
  • Shan: မိူင်းၵရိတ်ႈ
  • Shona: Greece
  • Shona: Vugiriki
  • Sicilian: Grecia
  • Silesian: Greckŏ Republika
  • Silesian: Grecyjŏ
  • Sindhi: يونان
  • Sinhala: ග්‍රීසිය
  • Skolt Sami: Greikkajânnam
  • Skolt Sami: Helleeʹni tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Kreikka tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Kreikka
  • Slovak: Grécka republika
  • Slovak: Grécko
  • Slovenian: Grčija
  • Slovenian: Helada
  • Slovenian: Helenska republika
  • Somali: Giriig
  • Somali: Giriiga
  • South Azerbaijani: یونان
  • Southern Sami: Greeklaante
  • Spanish: Grecia
  • Spanish: Hélade
  • Spanish: Hellás
  • Spanish: Republica Helenica
  • Spanish: República Helénica
  • Sranan Tongo: Grikikondre
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴳⵔⵉⴽ
  • Sundanese: Yunani
  • Swahili: Ugiriki
  • Swati: IGrikhi
  • Swedish: Grekland
  • Swedish: Hellas
  • Swedish: Hellenska republiken
  • Swedish: Republiken Grekland
  • Swiss German: Griecheland
  • Tachelhit: Ayunan
  • Tachelhit: Lyunan
  • Tagalog: Greece
  • Tagalog: Gresya
  • Tahitian: Herēni
  • Tajik: Юнон
  • Talysh: Junanyston
  • Talysh: Yunanıston
  • Tamil: கிரீசு
  • Tamil: கிரீஸ்
  • Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு
  • Tamil: கிரேக்கக் குடியரசு
  • Tamil: கிரேக்கம்
  • Tamil: கிறீஸ்
  • Taroko: Greece
  • Tatar: Греция
  • Telugu: గ్రీకు
  • Telugu: గ్రీక్
  • Telugu: గ్రీస్
  • Tetum: Grésia
  • Thai: Greece
  • Thai: Hellenic Republic
  • Thai: กรีซ
  • Thai: ประเทศกรีซ
  • Thai: สาธารณรัฐเฮลเลนิก
  • Thai: เฮลเลนิก
  • Tibetan: ཀེ་རི་སི།
  • Tibetan: གྷི་རཱི་སི།
  • Tigrinya: ግሪክ
  • Tok Pisin: Gris
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kalisi
  • Tosk Albanian: Griechenland
  • Tsonga: Greece
  • Tumbuka: Greece
  • Tunisian Arabic: اليونان
  • Turkish: Helen Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: Yunanistan Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: Yunanistan
  • Turkmen: Gresiýa
  • Turkmen: Ýunanystan
  • Twi: Hela
  • Tyap: Helat
  • Udmurt: Греция
  • Uighur: گرېتسىيە
  • Uighur: گىرېتسىيە
  • Ukrainian: Греція
  • Upper Sorbian: Grjekska
  • Urdu: یونان
  • Uzbek: Ellada
  • Uzbek: Gretsiya
  • Uzbek: Yunoniston
  • Venetian: Gresa
  • Venetian: Gresia
  • Venetian: Repùblega Ełenega
  • Veps: Grekanma
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Hy Lạp
  • Vietnamese: Hi Lạp
  • Vietnamese: Hy Lạp
  • Vlaams: Grieknland
  • Vlax Romani: Yelenistan
  • Volapük: Grikän
  • Võro: Kreeka
  • Walloon: Grece
  • Waray (Philippines): Gresya
  • Welsh: Groeg
  • Welsh: Gwlad Groeg
  • Western Armenian: Յունաստան
  • Western Balochi: یونان
  • Western Frisian: Grikelân
  • Western Panjabi: یونان
  • Wolof: Gerees
  • Wolof: Girees
  • Wu Chinese: 希腊
  • Xhosa: Grisi
  • Yakut: Греция
  • Yiddish: גריכנלאנד
  • Yiddish: גריכנלאַנד
  • Yoruba: Geriisi
  • Yoruba: Gíríìsì
  • Yoruba: Gríìsì
  • Yue Chinese: 希臘
  • Zeeuws: Griek’nland
  • Zhuang: Sihla
  • Zulu: i-Greece
  • Zulu: IGreki
  • Gãrtsii
  • GR
  • Graikėjė
  • GRC
  • GRE
  • Grécia
  • Grecie
  • Gresiah
  • Gresiah Axkayotl
  • Kreeka
  • ma Elena
  • ma Elina
  • Yunani
  • यूनान

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