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HELLENE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Greece

Synonyms:

Greek; Hellene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Hellene" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hellene"):

Thessalonian (a native or inhabitant of Thessalonica)

Thessalian (a native or inhabitant of Thessaly)

Mycenaen (a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae)

Ephesian (a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus)

Argive (a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos)

Theban (a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes)

Arcadian (an inhabitant of Arcadia)

Spartan (a resident of Sparta)

Lesbian (a resident of Lesbos)

Laconian (a resident of Laconia)

Corinthian (a resident of Corinth)

Athenian (a resident of Athens)

Ionian; Dorian; Aeolian; Eolian; Achaean; Achaian (a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks)

Holonyms ("Hellene" is a member of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Derivation:

Hellenic (of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language)

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