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Greece

c. 1300, from Latin Graecia; named for its inhabitants; see Greek. Earlier in English was Greklond (c. 1200). The Turkish name for the country, via Persian, is Yunanistan, literally "Land of the Ionians." Ionia also yielded the name for the country in Arabic and Hindi (Yunan).

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Definitions of Greece from WordNet

Greece (n.)
a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil;
Synonyms: Hellenic Republic / Ellas
Greece (n.)
ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE;
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