Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hellas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: hel-las
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.

Example Sentences

"Modern Greece would not be Byzantium reborn. Rather, it was an imagined nation conjured up from ancient Hellas."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). Doublet of Ellada.

Frequently Paired Words

Helladic Hellen Hellene Hellenic Hellenical Hellenically Hellenisation Hellenise

Rhymes With

jealous ellis zealous marcellus helles

Questions

What does hellas mean?: Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.
Where does hellas come from?: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). Doublet of Ellada.

How to pronounce hellas

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