US /ɡrik/ UK /ɡriːk/
adj noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to Greece, its people, or its language

    He studied Greek philosophy at university.

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Synonyms
1 adj · relating to greece, its... hellenicgrecian
Word family
Derived forms greekness
Related forms grecianhellenicgraecism

Etymology

From Old English Grecas, Crecas ('the Greeks'), from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Graikos, the name of a Boeotian tribe later applied by the Romans to all Hellenes.

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