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Old 10th December 2006, 10:18   #1
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Default Should 'Greece' be known as Hellas worldwide?

What do you guys think?
Should the name of Greece in the English language be universally replaced by Hellas?

I have mixed feelings about this.
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Old 10th December 2006, 15:25   #2
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Hm, I'm very confused about this, this topic needs a lot of thinking IMO.
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Old 11th December 2006, 00:41   #3
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Ellatha(Ελλαδα)-Ellas-Hellas
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Hellas (Ελλάς) is more correct historically speaking. On the other hand, I bbelieve that if the country progresses, the name doesn't matter that much. But yes, Hellas is the real name (as for Ireland is Eire for istance)...
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Western Names of Greece (Western neigbours)

English: Greece
French: Grčce
Italian: Grecia
German: Griechenland
Spanish: Grecia
Portuguese: Grécia
Dutch: Griekenland
Frisian: Grikelân
Afrikaans: Griekeland
Polish: Grecja
Danish: Grćkenland
Swedish: Grekland
Icelandic: Grikkland
Finnish: Kreikka
Estonian: Kreeka
Albanian: Greqia
Romanian: Grecia
Catalan: Grčcia
Hungarian: Görögország
Slovak: Grécko
Slovene: Grčija
Latvian: Grieķija
Lithuanian: Graikija
Cornish: Pow Grek
Welsh: Groeg
Irish: An Ghréig
Russian: Греция (Gretsia)
Ukrainian: Греція (Gretsia)
Serbian: Грчка (Grčka)
Czech: Řecko
Croatian: Grčka
Bulgarian: Гърция (Grtsia)
Japanese: ギリシャ (Girisha) (Japan got this name from Westerns)


Eastern Names of Greeks (Eastern neighbours)

Arabic: يونان (Yūnān)
Armenian: Հունաստան (Hounastan)
Azeri: Yunanıstan
Hindi: यूनान (Yūnān)
Biblical Hebrew: יָוָן (Yāwān)
Modern Hebrew: יוון (Yavan)
KJV Bible: Javan
Indonesian: Yunani
Kurdish: Yewnanistan
Persian: یونان (Yūnān)
Syriac: ܝܘܢܢ (Yunan)
Turkish: Yunanistan

Some other names:
Norwegian: Hellas
Vietnamese: Hy Lạp
Chinese: 希臘 (Xīlŕ)
Korean: 희랍 (Huirap)
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