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).
雙語例句
1. They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
他們認為古代希臘羅馬是知識的重要發源地。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The region was split three ways, between Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
這一地區被希臘、塞爾維亞和保加利亞分成了3部分。
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3. The cult of Isis was carried from Egypt into Greece and Rome.
對伊希斯的膜拜從埃及傳到了希臘和羅馬。
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4. The United States will do whatever it can to help Greece.
美國將竭盡所能幫助希臘。
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5. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.